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at Glasgow. Matsa had originally finished in bronze medal position, but the gold medal winner

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failed a drug test, elevating Matsa to silver medal position. Santoshi lifted a total of 188 kg — 83 kg in snatch and 105 in clean and jerk. Andhra Pradesh government announced cash reward of Rs five lakh for winning medal in weightlifting in the Commonwealth Games.

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List of Medal winners at Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014
Living people Indian female weightlifters 1994 births Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Weightlifters at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics People from Vizianagaram district Sportswomen from Andhra Pradesh Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting 21st-century Indian women 20th-century Indian women People from Uttarandhra Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{India-weightlifting-bio-stub