Commonwealth Games 2018: List of Indians who broke records 

#1 Mirabai Chanu - Women's 48kg Weightlifting

Mirabai Chanu - A champion

The headlines after the first day of the Commonwealth Games was grabbed by Mirabai Chanu, who broke a plethora records on her way to clinching India's first gold in the competition in the 48kg category.

In the snatch category of the event, Chanu lifted a record 86 kg to better her Commonwealth record of 85kg in 2017 while in the Clean & Jerk category, her herculean effort of 110kg erased her previous record of 109kg.

Overall, she lifted a whopping total of 196kg to clinch the gold medal in style and her dominance was outlined by the fact that the silver-medal effort was at 170kg, 26 kg lesser than Mirabai Chanu's record lift of 196kg.