birmingham a low snatch total and a fluffed clean and jerk lift cost ajay singh 81kg dear as the indian weightlifter missed the bronze medal by a whisker in his maiden commonwealth games appearance here on mondaythe 25yearold managed a total effort of 319kg 143kg176kg to finish fourth best in the mens 81kg eventto the crowds absolute delight home favourite englands chris murray 325kg 144kg181kg grabbed the gold in a sensational manner as he broke the games record in total liftaustralian lifter kyle bruce 143kg180kg 323kg clinched the silver while canadas nicholas vachon 320kg 140kg180kg finished with a bronzei tried my best but it was simply not my day there were no negative thoughts and coach vijay sharma kept motivating me i gave my best but could not make it singh said after the eventi had three clean lifts snatch and at one point i was ahead by one kilogram i thought i would give my best in clean jerk in my last effort but that did not happen he addedsinghs event was off to a dodgy start as he initially struggled to gain balance in his opening snatch lift the indian stopped just short of the end of the board with one out of the three judges giving him a red light but the 137kg lift was eventually deemed legithe went on to heave 140kg and then 143kg five kilograms less than his personal best and national record to be in jointsecond position alongside bruce after the snatch section endedasked why he didnt attempt a higher snatch lift singh blamed injuriesi had to undergo surgeries in my biceps shoulders in 2020 im about 95 per cent fit it will take some time to recover fully hope to come back stronger by national games and the world championshipsits cold here and i have shoulder issues in such weather i was confident but apprehensive and did not want to take risk he addedin the clean and jerk singh began with a 172kg lift before increasing four kilograms on the barbells for 176kg which required a lot of effort for him to executethere was a fourway fight for the top spot between singh bruce murray and vachonin the end a low snatch total and a failed 180kg attempt in the clean and jerk cost singh dear as he missed out on a podium finish