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Gururaja opens India’s medals tally

Sentinel Digital Desk

Gold Coast, April 5: Gururaja bagged the first medal for India at the 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games with silver in the men’s 56 kilogram category here on Thursday. Gururaja had a best attempt of 111 kg in the stch and 138 kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 249 kg. Izhar Ahmed of Malaysia won gold with a new Commonwealth Games record of 261 kg. IANS