New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games 2022 has seen some outstanding performances of the Indian weightlifters, bagging 6 medals with three being gold. Winning another gold medal is underway with weightlifter Ajay Singh competing in the 81 kg category on Monday.
In December 2021, the 25-year-old weightlifter has secured India’s third gold in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships. He lifted a weight of 322 kgs and became the third Indian weightlifter to straight away qualify for the Games in Birmingham. Besides, he also set a national record of 147 kgs.
Before today’s event, Ajay received a special message from the 21 RR battalion of the Indian Army. The video with the message was shared by the SAI media on its official Twitter handle in which an army man was seen wishing Ajay all the best for his event.
“Naib Subedar Ajay Sahab has performed really well so far. We pray to almighty that he wins a weightlifting gold and make the country and our battalion proud,” the army man said.
Sharing the video, SAI captioned it, “A special message from our Heroes at the Borders. Best wishes to India weightlifter Ajay Singh for his event today at the #CommonwealthGames2022.”
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A special message from our Heroes at the Borders ?
Best wishes to ??weightlifter Ajay Singh for his event today ?️♂️ at the #CommonwealthGames2022 ?
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— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) August 1, 2022
While talking to Sportstar, Ajay explained how he got into the sport. The weightlifter, surprisingly, did not know that there is something called ‘weightlifting.’
“I was into athletics. After that, I was inducted into the Army Sports Institute in Pune in 2010. There, assessing my body structure and movement patterns, they suggested I take up weightlifting. It took me around two to three years to understand the techniques with the help of Subedar Rajender Sahab,” Ajay was quoted as saying.
So far, Mirabai Chanu, Jeremy Lalrinnunga, and Achinta Sheuli picked up gold medals while Bindyarani Devi and Sanketh Sargar won silver medals and Gururaja Poojary won a bronze.