Whatever the competition, there is only one winner. There is only one, who wins or wins the title. Who gets the trophy or the gold medal? But there are some who win hearts – sometimes with their fighting performances, sometimes with some of their post-match actions. This happens often in the world of sports. Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 (Commonwealth Games 2022) Such places are also being seen in and the latest name in this list of heart winners is Waipawa Nevo Aion of Samoa. Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinunga followed him in second place (Jeremy Lalrinnunga) He got the gold medal. He also defeated the medalists of both the final Games.
The second weightlifting event at the Birmingham Games took place on Sunday 31 July, with India winning another medal. This time 19-year-old Jeremy Lalrinunga won the gold medal in his first CWG record performance. Jeremy was also injured trying to win gold, but he did not give up easily. Meanwhile, Jeremy’s biggest clash was with Samoan lifter Waipawa.
Waipawa who wins hearts by defeating
Waipawa eventually tried to win the match by lifting 8kg more than Jeremy but failed. The Indian weightlifter thus won the gold, while 34-year-old Waipawa of Samoa bagged the silver. What happened after this in the medal ceremony won everyone’s hearts and everyone’s faces were happy. After the distribution of medals, the national anthem of India was played and finally everyone started taking photos.
As the photo formality was over, the Samoan weightlifter removed his country’s traditional red necklace from around his neck and put it on the young Indian star. Even Jeremy couldn’t hide his happiness and hugged Waipawa.
Is this the cutest medal ceremony ever?!
Samoa gave his ceremonial Ula Fala necklace to India. The hug at the end. I can’t @raltejeremy #B2022 #CWG2022 pic.twitter.com/Qyp5b1soFN— Rhia Chohan (@rhiachohan) July 31, 2022
His video is now being liked and shared a lot. Everyone is praising the Samoan weightlifter who managed to win a medal for the third time in a row at the Commonwealth Games, but once again fell short of gold. Despite this, he won the hearts of millions of people.
Jeremy won the gold by setting a record
If we talk about the competition, the rising star from Mizoram set a new CWG record by lifting 140 kg in the snatch for the first time participating in these Games. He then lifted his personal best of 160 kg in the clean and jerk. He failed in his last attempt at 165 kg and injured his hand. However, he won a historic gold with 300 kg.
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