India, July 27 -- India's remarkable run in weightlifting at the 2026 Commonwealth Games continued as Raja Muthupandi clinched silver in the men's 65kg category, bringing the country's tally in the sport to three medals in Glasgow. The 25-year-old lifted a combined 286kg (127kg snatch, 159kg clean and jerk) to finish second behind Malaysia's Muhamad Aznil Bidin, who shattered the Commonwealth Games record with an extraordinary 299kg effort.

If Raja was chasing history, Aznil was making it. The Malaysian completed a rare hat-trick of Commonwealth Games gold medals, emulating India's Mirabai Chanu, who became the first Indian weightlifter to achieve the feat just a day earlier. Raja, meanwhile, underlined India's growing depth in weightlif...