Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 3 Highlights: Achinta Sheuli bags gold, India's medal tally jumps to six

Achinta Sheuli secured a gold medal in the men's 73kg weightlifting finals at the Commonwealth Games 2022. He picked a total of 313 kg, 143 in snatch and 170 in clean and jerk.

After failing in his previous attempt, Achinta Sheuli completes the 170kg lift in his third and final attempt. His total weight moves to 313kg.

Achinta Sheuli fails to lift 170kg in his second attempt in the clean and jerk round. 

Achinta Sheuli completes a 166kg lift in his first attempt in the clean and jerk round. With 143kg lift in snatch and now this, his total moves to 309kg, which is a new CWG record.

There was never any doubt over the result. He was just too much for his opponent tonight. Indian boxer Sagar wins the men's 92+ kg Round of 16 bout against Cameron's Maxime YEGNONG Njiyeo 5-0 to progress to the quaterfinal round.

Sagar looks in complete control here as the boxer looked well convinced to make a progress to the quarters. 5-0 again for Sagar.

Big problem for the boxer from Cameron as India's Sagar makes an impressive start in the men's 92+ kg Round of 16 bout. He convincingly won the opening round 5-0

The Indian team comprising Dinesh Kumar and Sunil Bahadur lost 8-26 to Northern Ireland in Men's Pairs quarterfinals

Australia's Callum Peters does it! He convinces all the five judges in the final round and comprehensively wins the in men's 75kg Round of 16 bout 5-0. India boxer Sumit will not be happy with the match, feeling that as if he wasn't allowed to prove his mettle. Bad luck for India.

India's Sumit is up against Australia's Callum Peters. He received a warning in the first round and then was left in disbelief when he received another on the second round. Meanwhile, Peters was impressive in the second round as he won the second round 5-0

Achinta Sheuli rewrites the Games record twice over. He lifts 140kg in his second attempt and then takes lifts 143kg. Malaysia's Erry Hidayat Muhammad is the closest with 138kg and they both are miles ahead of the rest of the chasing pack. 

Succesfull lift for Achinta. He has registered 140kg for his second weight. His first lift put him temporarily top of the list but Malaysia's Erry Hidayat Muhammad then lifts 138kg in his third attempt. 

Here is Achita Sheuli. His first lift itself is registered 137kg, more than anyone else's first lift in the field. 

Well what a brilliant Games Srihari Nataraj is having. He manages a time of 23.58s and finishes eighth overall. The final will be held tomorrow.

Some unforced errors creeps into Aakarshi's game in the second and she in the end wins the match 21-11, 21-16. India will now face either Scotland or Singapore in the semi-finals on Monday.

Aakarshi Kashyap is up next for India in women's singles and she faces Johanita Scholtz. The Indian won the first game 21-11. 

Canada's David Baillargeon puts up a fight in Game 3 and leads it before Saurav Ghosal overtakes him. After a neck-and-neck contest, Ghosal wraps it up with 11-6 win. He starts the contest with a 11-6 win in the opening game, follows it up with a 11-2 win. The third game too is secured by the Indian 11-6 and with this he defeats Baillargeon 3-0 to advance to the quarter-finals. He will face Scotland's Gregg Loban next on Monday

Right then, we have another Indian weightlifter in the fray now. Achinta Sheuli has listed a starting weight of 135kg in snatch. It is the heaviest of the lot so it could be a while before we get to him.  

Saurav Ghosal dominates Game 2 against his Canadian opponent and closes it 11-2. With this, he goes 2-0 up. 

Lakshya beats Kakora 21-5, 21-6. As straightforward as it gets, Lakshya wins it with a smash directly at Kakora and makes a little acknowledgement to the crowd after the game. 

Lakshya Sen has taken the first game 21-5. As one sided as one would expect really, Lakshya putting on a bit of a masterclass. 

Saurav Ghosal takes the opening game against Canada's David Baillargeon in the men's singles round of 16 tie. He closes it 11-6

India's Sourav Ghoshal is up against David Baillargeon of Canada. Ghoshal is ranked 15th in the world whule Baillargeon is 62nd so this should be the Indian's match. 

The women's 500m time trial has come to an end Mayuri Lute has finished 18th. It was quite an interesting battle gold medal, with Australia's Kristina Clonan coming in right at the end and snatching the title out of the hands of Canada's Kelsey Mitchell. Clonan went around in a Games record 33.234 whole Mitchell had managed 33.294, which was also a Games record. 

India take on South Africa in the quarter-final of the mixed team badminton event and they have taken a 1-0 lead in the tie. Ashwini Ponappa and Sumeeth Reddy have defeated Deidre Jordan and Jarred Elliott. Over to Lakshya Sen, who will be facing Caden Kakora. Kakora is ranked 355 in the world, Lakshya is 10th. That is the scale of the difference between the two sides.