After Manipuri twins, Mirabai Chanu and Bindiyarani Sorokhaibam on the first day of the weightlifting, it was Mizoram’s young superstar, Jeremy Lalrinnunga, 19, who took centre stage and added a second gold to India’s tally at the 22nd Commonwealth Games. His success in the men’s 67kg category meant a fifth medal for India in as many weight categories.

Interestingly, Jeremy fought cramps and tightness and almost had an injury scare en route to his gold medal show. “After I failed the last [C&J] lift, I cried a lot and asked the coach [Vijay Sharma] ‘medal aya ki nahin?’ [Did we get a medal]. The coach told me ‘gold hai hamara’ [Gold is ours] and that soothed my nerves,” said Jeremy moments after his victory.