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CWG: Ajaya Babu wins silver in 79kg weightlifting after record-breaking duel
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Valluri Ajaya Babu won silver in the men's 79kg weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with a total of 330kg.
He set a Commonwealth Games record in the snatch with 149kg.
Ajaya Babu finished one kilogram behind Malaysia's Erry Hidayat Muhammad, who won gold with a total of 331kg.
The silver medal is India's sixth weightlifting medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
At the 2025 Commonwealth Championships in Ahmedabad, Ajaya Babu won gold with a personal-best total of 335kg.
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