Indian heavyweights are literally carrying the weight of expectations in Glasgow. After Mirabai Chanu’s gold and Rishikanta Singh’s silver, Muthupandi Raja, Gyaneshwari Yadav and Bindyarani Devi added two silvers and a bronze to take India’s weightlifting haul to five medals. Gyaneshwari, 23, lifted a total of 199kg after an absorbing duel with Nigeria’s Onome Omolola Didih, who won gold with a Games record total of 206kg. Canada’s Rebeka Groulx took bronze with 178 kg. A confident Gyaneshwari steadily progressed through both disciplines. She opened with 82kg in the snatch before successfully lifting 85kg and 88kg in her next two attempts. She also increased the weight with each attempt in the clean and jerk, successfully lifting 103kg, 107kg and 111kg. However, Didih, who had lifted 93kg in the snatch, maintained his lead with clean and jerk lifts of 105kg, 110kg and 113kg. Later on Monday, Bindyarani lifted a total of 199 kg to win bronze in the women’s 58 kg category. The 27-year-old from Manipur registered 87 kg in the snatch and 112 kg in the clean and jerk. Bindyarani completed all three snatch attempts, lifting 83kg, 85kg and 87kg. In the clean and cut, he failed at 110 kg in his opening attempt, but boldly raised the weight to 112 kg and finished the lift. He then failed at 116 kg in his last attempt. Even a successful lift of 116kg would not have changed the color of his medal as it would have only taken him to 203kg. Canada’s Ann-Sophie Taschereau won silver with 215kg, while Nigeria’s Rafiatu Folashade Lawal won gold with a record 229kg. Earlier, Raja, 26, secured silver in the men’s 65kg event with a total of 286kg late on Sunday evening. I lifted 126kg in the snatch and 160kg in the clean and jerk to finish behind Malaysia’s Muhamad Aznil bin Bidin, who won gold with a Games record total of 299kg. Papua New Guinea’s Morea Baru took bronze with 282kg. It was also an encouraging day in athletics for India, with Tejas Shirse qualifying for the men’s 110m hurdles final. The national record holder became the first Indian in 60 years to reach the Commonwealth Games final in the men’s sprint hurdles. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa was the last to do so, finishing seventh in the equivalent of the 120-yard hurdles at the 1966 Games in Kingston, Jamaica. The Maharashtra athlete clocked 13.76 seconds to finish sixth overall and third in Heat 1. In the long jump, M Sreeshankar and Lokesh Sathyanathan qualified for the men’s final. Sreeshankar jumped 8.01m in his opening attempt to clear the automatic qualifying standard of 8.00m. Lokesh finished fourth in Group B with an opening jump of 7.77m and advanced as one of the top 12 performers. Indian boxer Sachin Siwach reached the quarter-finals of the men’s 60kg event after defeating England’s William Hewitt by a 4-1 points decision in the round of 16 on Monday. In the men’s 80kg category, Ankush Panghal dominated Antigua and Barbuda’s Zalaan Jan to record a unanimous 5-0 win and reach the quarterfinals.