India got one more medal in women’s 53kg weightlifting after Swati Singh was handed the bronze while Matsha Santoshi was upgraded to silver after 16-year-old Nigerian gold winner Chika Amalaha tested positive for a banned substance in the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday.
Santoshi had finished third and Swati fourth in the women’s 53kg weightlifting competition held on July 25. They will now get a silver and bronze, respectively. ‘We have got official intimation from the Glasgow 2014 organisers that Santoshi’s bronze will be upgraded to silver, while 4th placed Swati will get the bronze.
Now we will get 12 medals (three gold, four silver, five bronze) from weightlifting in the Games, two medals more than in 2010 Delhi. It is a huge achievement for us,’ Indian Weightlifting Federation vice-president Sahdev Yadav said on Wednesday. India have surpassed the medal tally of previous two CWGs (nine medals in 2006 and eight in 2010).
Santoshi had finished third and Swati fourth in the women’s 53kg weightlifting competition held on July 25. They will now get a silver and bronze, respectively. ‘We have got official intimation from the Glasgow 2014 organisers that Santoshi’s bronze will be upgraded to silver, while 4th placed Swati will get the bronze.
Now we will get 12 medals (three gold, four silver, five bronze) from weightlifting in the Games, two medals more than in 2010 Delhi. It is a huge achievement for us,’ Indian Weightlifting Federation vice-president Sahdev Yadav said on Wednesday. India have surpassed the medal tally of previous two CWGs (nine medals in 2006 and eight in 2010).