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Glasgow, July 29 (IANS) Indian weightlifter Vikas Thakur won the silver medal in the men's 85kg category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
The gold was clinched by Richard Patterson of New Zealand with a lift of 335kg -- 151kg in snatch and 184 in clean and jerk.
The 21-year-old Vikas lifted a total of 333kg - 150kg in snatch and 183 in clean and jerk. Both Vikas and Canada's Pascal Plamondon were tied on 333kg, but Vikas won the silver on the account of lesser body weight.
Plamondon also lifted 150kg in snatch and 183kg in clean and jerk.
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