Achinta Sheuli, a 20-year-old weightlifter from India, set a new games record by lifting 313 kg in total to win gold in the men's 73 kg event at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham's NEC Hall 1. He won the competition with lifts of 143 kg in the snatch and 170 kg in the clean and jerk, beating off Malaysia's Erry Hidayat Muhammad for silver with a total of 303 kg and S. Darsigny of Canada for bronze with a total of 298 kg. Sheuli's gold medal is India's third at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and its sixth overall, all in weightlifting.