Weight lifter Chathuranga Lakmal wins bronze at Commonwealth Games

(UTV|COLOMBO) – Chathuranga Lakmal won the bronze medal for Sri Lanka in weight lifting at the 21st Commonwealth Games held in Australia this morning (05).

He competed in the 56kg category, lifting a total weight of 248kg.

Malaysian weight lifter Muhammad Azroy won the gold medal lifting a total eight of 261kg and Indian weight lifter Gururaja won the silver medal lifting a total weight of 249kg.

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