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Jeremy Lalrinnunga did India proud by winning a gold medal in the men&#39;s 67 kg weightlifting category on Sunday making it the second gold in weightlifting for the country Mirabai Chanu clinched a gold on Saturday.</p>
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What a moment for 19-year-old Jeremy Lalrinnunga as he stands on the podium with the national anthem playing in the background &#129303;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CommonwealthGames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CommonwealthGames</a><a href="https://t.co/Glg6S5pUbr">pic.twitter.com/Glg6S5pUbr</a></p>
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Jeremy smashed the record in the snatch event, by lifting 140 kg.</p>
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He lifted a total of 160 kg in the clean and jerk segment to finish with a grand total of 300 kg, which is also a new Commonwealth Games record.</p>
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The 19-year-old, from Aizawl in Mizoram, had won the gold in the 62 kg event at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and also won a gold in the 67 kg category in the Commonwealth Championships last year.</p>
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Lalrinnunga is the son of a national-level boxer Lalneihtluanga.</p>
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India has now won a total of five medals in weightlifting with Sanket Sargar (silver), Bidyarani Devi (silver) and Gururaj Poojary (bronze) being the others with a podium finish on Saturday.</p>
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