I know it's bad to wish ill for someone but I couldn't help it," Lather said breaking into laughter after the medal ceremony. "I was just hoping he would drop the bar, luckily he did. He had beaten me in the Commonwealth championships, I had got a bronze there after losing by just a kilogram to him. I don't know why he went for 175kg in his final lift, maybe he wanted gold," he added. Lather, competing in his maiden Commonwealth Games, holds the distinction of being the youngest to hold the national record as well.

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