EW DELHI: India's Renu Bala retained her Commonwealth Games 58kg women's weightlifting title on Wednesday with a commanding performance which delivered her country's first Delhi gold in the competition.
Bala, who turned 24 on Saturday, set a new Commonwealth record by lifting 90kg in the snatch before piling on the pressure with a clean and jerk of 107 for a 197kg total.
Australia's Sean Lee, with a total of 192kg claimed silver to add to her 2002 bronze medal from Manchester.
English 16-year-old Zoe Smith took bronze with a 188kg total after a brave late attempt to knock the Australian from the silver medal position when she twice attempted 108kg in the clean and jerk.
Canada's Emily Quarton, who won the silver at Melbourne four years ago, finished in a disappointing fifth place behind Clementina Agricole of the Seychelles who had been in second spot after the snatch.
In shooting, Omkar Singh bagged the 8th gold medal by winning gold in the 50m pistol event, while Gagan Narang pipped Abhinav Bindra to win gold in the 10m Air Rifle event and shooter Anisa Sayeed won gold in 25m women's pistol event at the Karni Singh Shooting Range.
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