CWG 2018 Wieghtlifting: Medal prospect Chinthana Vithanage finishes fifth

Sri Lanka’s Commonwealth Games 2018 team leader and medal prospect Chinthana Vithanage failed to deliver in his weightlifting Men’s 77kg category as he finished fifth in the final of the event this morning in Australia. The event was won by India’s Sathis Kumar while England’s Jack Oliver and Australia’s Francois Ethaondi grabbed the other two medals respectively.

Sri Lanka also narrowly missed another two medals in weightlifing with two of their athletes finishing fourth.

Competing in the men’s 62kg category event final, Sri Lanka’s Thilanka Wiraj was unlucky to have missed a medal as he finished fourth with only three points behind of Pakistan’s Talha Talib.

Chamari Warnakulasuriya was 10 points behind to win a medal as she finished fourth in the Womenìs 53kg category event.

Competing in the Womenìs 58kg Sri Lanka’s Nadeeshani finished 10th.

However, Sri Lanka had already won 3 medals in the sport so far at Commonwealth Games, the only medals adding to its tally in the event.

Rank	Lot	Name	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total (kg)
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
1	15	IND Sathish Kumar SIVALINGAM	136Successful attempt	140Successful attempt	144Successful attempt	144	169Successful attempt	173Successful attempt	–Attempt is declared	173	317
2	7	ENG Jack OLIVER	141Successful attempt	145Successful attempt	148Failed attempts	145	167Successful attempt	171Failed attempts	171Failed attempts	167	312
3	146	AUS Francois ETOUNDI	128Successful attempt	133Successful attempt	136Successful attempt	136	162Successful attempt	168Failed attempts	169Successful attempt	169	305
4	123	CAN Nicolas VACHON	127Failed attempts	127Successful attempt	131Successful attempt	131	168Failed attempts	168Successful attempt	175Failed attempts	168	299
5	29	SRI Chinthana VIDANAGE	128Successful attempt	132Successful attempt	135Failed attempts	132	166Successful attempt	168Failed attempts	168Failed attempts	166	298
6	150	MAS Abd Mubin RAHIM	130Successful attempt	133Failed attempts	133Failed attempts	130	160Successful attempt	165Failed attempts	165Failed attempts	160	290