The Hindu·2 min read·medium

Commonwealth Games: Ajaya clinches silver, does one better than dad

K
K. Keerthivasan
Commonwealth Games: Ajaya clinches silver, does one better than dad
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Indian weightlifter Ajaya Babu secured a silver medal in the men's 79kg category at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. He narrowly missed the gold medal, finishing just 1kg behind Malaysia's Muhammad Erry Hidayat.

Ajaya Babu grew up accompanying his father, Valluri Srinivasa Rao, to weightlifting competitions, learning the finer aspects of the sport from him. Inspired by Rao, who won a bronze medal in the men’s 56kg category at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, Ajaya arrived in Glasgow for his debut Games determined to make his dad proud.

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