Renu Bala Chanu gave India its first weightlifting gold medal at the Commonwealth Games after finishing on top in women's 58-kg category, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium sports complex on Wednesday.
Renu outshone her opponents, smoothly lifting all the weights before failing in her last attempt at 103 kg in clean and jerk.
But, by then, she had already secured the No 1 position.
And although Sean Lee of Australia tried to catch up, she had to be satisfied with a silver medal.
England's Zoe Smith took the bronze.
Renu Bala looked comfortable from the very beginning. She ended the snatch event with a highest lift of 90 kg, a new Commonwealth Games record.
Ciana Agricole, with 87 kg after the snatch event, was placed second but ultimately finished fourth.
Then in the clean and jerk, Renu lifted 104 kg in her first attempt, and followed it up with 107 kg to make it a total of 197.
Lee, who with her successful lift of 106 in her second attempt in clean and jerk plus her 86 kg lift in snatch, acquired a total of 192.
In her final lift, she opted for 111 kg to pose a challenge to the Indian but failed.
That automatically handed Renu the gold.
Renu, on her part, made an attempt to lift 113 kg in her third and the final chance but could not.
Bronze medallist Zoe Smith, meanwhile, ended with a total of 188 kg.
