Achinta Sheuli, an Indian weightlifter who was born on November 24, 2001, participates in the 73kg weight division. He is a two-time Commonwealth Championships gold medallist and won the silver medal at the junior global weightlifting championships in 2021. He set a record for the games with 313 kg at the Common Wealth Games in 2022, winning gold.

Sheuli was born in Deulpur, Panchla in the howrah district, to a lower middle class family. His father, a manual labourer named Partik Sheuli, passed away in April 2013. He attended Deulpur High School to study. Sheuli competed in the Haryana young national games and finished third. Commonwealth Games 2022: On Sunday, July 31, Achinta Sheuli took home the gold medal in the 73 kg men's weightlifting finals.

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The gold medal was won by Achita Sheuli in the men's 73 kg finals

2. To win, Achinta Sheuli lifted a total of 313 kg.

3. Coach Vijay Sharma was praised by Sheuli for pushing him to perform better.

Achinta Sheuli, a weightlifter, honoured his brother by dedicating the gold medal he won in the 73 kg men's finals to him and thanked him for his unwavering support. The 20-year-old hoisted 313 kg in total to win the gold medal. The young Turk was able to break the games record twice by lifting 140 and 143 kilogrammes, respectively.

Sheuli then performed lifts of 166 and 170 kilogrammes in the clean and jerk round. The young man acknowledged that there was some pressure on him after Sanket Sagar won the silver medal in the 55 kg men's weightlifting finals on July 30th, a Saturday. Coach Vijay Sharma received appreciation for pushing him to perform better.

It was difficult, but I managed to make it simpler by failing to perform a proper lift on my second attempt. After that, there was a difficult brawl. Sheuli was quoted as telling NDTV, "Vijay sir kept telling me to do better, and I tried my best.

Sheuli discussed the difficulties he faced while working day in and day out as a tailor with his mother.

"My mother used to work as a tailor from morning until night, but she has now stopped. I used to do it as well. Since he always encourages me, I want to dedicate this award to my brother because he always stands beside me. Sanket Sargar had won a dinner, therefore there was pressure, he said.

Erry Hidayat Muhammad of Malaysia, who lifted 303 kg, came in second. Shad Darsigny lifted 298 kg and finished in third place.