It's been a good opening day for India at the 2018?Commonwealth Games, is Gururaja claimed silver in the Men¡¯s 56kg weightlifting event.
He lifted his best weight of 111kg in the snatch. Subsequently, the 28-year-old added 138kg in his third attempt in the clean and jerk to end with a total lift of 249kg - achieving his personal best.
Malaysia¡¯s Muhammad Izhar Ahmad won gold with a total lift of 261kg - A Commonwealth Games record - while bronze went to Sri Lanka¡¯s Chaturanga Lakmal (248kg).
In 2017, Gururaja had claimed a Commonwealth Championships bronze in Australia.
Gururaja, who began weightlifting in 2010, had won gold in the Commonwealth senior weightlifting championship, lifting a personal best of 249kg (108+141) in Penang in 2016. Earlier that year, the 28-year-old won gold at the South Asian Games.
Son of a pick-up-truck driver, Gururaja hails from Kundapura in coastal Karnataka and started out as a wrestler before switching to Powerlifting and then weightlifting.