Commonwealth Games bronze medallist V Srinivasa Rao set a new meet record on his way to win gold medal in the men's 56kg category of the weightlifting competition at the 34th National Games at the Tata Auditorium here. Rao lifted 136kg in the Jerk, which bettered the previous record by a kilogram. The SSCB lifter had registered 135 kg in Jerk in the last edition of the National Games in Guwahati in 2007.
He also claimed top position in Snatch with a lift of 104kg, taking the gold with a total of 226 points.
Mayur Sinhasane of Maharashtra lifted 103kg in Snatch and 130kg in Jerk to finish second with a total of 225 points.
M Tamil Selvan of Tamil Nadu took home the bronze with a total lift of 205kg.
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