New Delhi, July 28 -- For the first time in the ongoing Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2026, an Indian weightlifter returned empty handed after India's Nirupama Devi Seram endured a heartbreaking outing in the women's 63kg category on Tuesday. India fielded a seven-member weightlifting squad at CWG 2026.

With the previous five weightlifters, all winning a medal, hopes were high on Nirupama Devi, who had won a silver medal at last year's Commonwealth Championships in Ahmedabad with a total lift of 217kg (91kg 126kg), However, Tuesday was not her day.

Nirupama, opened her campaign in the snatch with a failed attempt at 93kg. But she successfully lifted the same weight in her second attempt. She raised the bar to 95kg in her final snatch attempt...