Sri Lanka’s Thilanka Palangasinghe secured a bronze medal at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Palangasinghe won the bronze medal in the men’s 61kg category after lifting 261kg.
He lifted 116kg in snatch and 145kg in the clean and jerk category.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s Srimali Samarakoon won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships yesterday.
She lifted a total weight of 136kg in the women’s 45kg category.
The 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships is currently being held concurrently in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
