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India on the very first day of the event opened their medal account in the Commonwealth Games as the women weight lifters did it for the country by taking bronze and silver medal in the women’s 48 kg class at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on Monday.

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Soniya Chanu bagged a silver medal and Sandhya Rani clinched a bronze in the event. Chanu cleared 167 kg to stand second in the event behind Nigerian woman Augustina Nwaokolo who hoised 175 kg to win the contest. She also created a new Games record. Sandya Rani took the bronze with a total clearance of 165 kg.

Both the Indian participants, Chano and Nwaokolo were tied with the same clearance of 94 kg in the snatch competition but the latter, who weighed marginally less than the Indian woman, settled the issue in the clean and jerk category.

However, disappointment came from the men’s swimming team, who after qualifying for the finals for the first time in the history of CWG, for the 4X100 metre free style finished sixth. While Australia took Gold, South Africa clinched bronze.

Earlier in the day, the Indian men’s relay swimming squad including the quartet of Virdhawal Khade, Anshul Kothari, Arjun Jayaprakash and Aaron D’Souza had finished sixth in the morning heats to make the evening final in 4×100m freestyle relay.

India also made a winning start in tennis and table tennis. In tennis, Rohan Bopanna outclassed Uganda’s Robert Buyanza in straight sets.

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