Hard-earned yet heartbreaking: Lovepreet falls 1kg short of perfect ending
Indian weightlifter Lovepreet Singh secured a silver medal in the men's +110kg category at the Commonwealth Games after a narrow loss to New Zealand's David Andrew Liti. Despite setting a new Games record in the snatch, Singh was overtaken by Liti's superior performance in the clean and jerk.
To hold a 10kg lead in the snatch and yet lose the gold medal by a mere 1Kg in the end is enough to leave any weightlifter shattered. That was the heartbreak India’s Lovepreet Singh endured in the men’s +110kg super-heavyweight competition of the Commonwealth Games at the Scottish Event Campus on Thursday (July 30, 2026).
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