India, July 28 -- Weightlifter Gyaneshwari Yadav produced a power-packed performance to clinch a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Monday. Inspired by her idol Mirabai Chanu completing a hat-trick of gold medals in CWG a day earlier, the 23-year-old won her maiden medal in the women's 53kg weight division.

Gyaneshwari went toe-to-toe with Nigeria's Onome Omolola Didih in the battle for gold before eventually settling for silver. The Indian lifted a total of 199kg (88kg in snatch and 111kg in clean and jerk), while Didih claimed the gold with a stunning total of 206kg (93kg + 113kg). Both weightlifters improved on the Commonwealth Games records with the Nigerian eventually putting herself on top.

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