New Delhi. The Indian contingent concluded its campaign at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships 2024 in Doha, Qatar on Wednesday, securing a total of 33 medals. The championship featured competitions in 40 categories, with 20 competitions each at the junior and youth levels. Medals were awarded separately in each weightlifting category for snatch, clean and jerk and overall.
India's young lifters (aged 13 to 17) led the way, winning 21 medals, including all seven gold. Junior lifters (aged 15 to 20) contributed 12 medals to the tally. 16-year-old Jyoshna Sabar from Uttar Pradesh made headlines on the first day. Competing in the women's youth 40 kg category, Jyoshana won three gold medals by lifting a total of 135 kg (60 kg snatch + 75 kg clean & jerk), setting a new Asian record overall.
Payal (women's 45 kg) and Sanjana (women's 76 kg) won five medals each in the junior and youth categories. Payal earned a gold medal in the total and snatch categories of 155 kg (70 kg snatch + 85 kg clean & jerk) and a bronze medal in the clean & jerk at the youth level. She also won bronze medals in the women's junior 45 kg total and clean and jerk.
17-year-old Sanjana, who lifted a personal best of 230 kg (90 kg snatch + 120 kg clean and jerk), won five silver medals, missing out by a narrow margin in the junior snatch category. One of the pre-tournament favourites, Dhanush Loganathan, the only Indian lifter to win a medal at this year's IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships, missed out in the men's junior 55kg.
Koel Bar (Women's Youth 55kg) and Sairaj Pardeshi (Men's Youth 81kg) added gold medals to India's kitty, while Neelam Devi won three silver medals in the Women's Junior 55kg. On the final day, Maibam Martina Devi contributed to India's medal haul in the women's +87 kg junior division. His total lift of 225 kg (96 kg snatch + 129 kg clean & jerk) earned him two silvers (overall and clean & jerk) and a bronze (snatch).
At the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships held in Greater Noida last year, the Indian weightlifting contingent won a total of 42 medals. India's total medal tally includes 15 medals won by junior weightlifters and 27 medals won by youth athletes.
Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships 2024: India's medal winners
Payal: Bronze in Women's Junior 45kg (Total), Payal: Bronze in Women's Junior 45kg (Clean & Jerk), Shankar Lapung: Bronze in Men's Junior 61kg (Total), Sanjana: Bronze in Women's Junior 76kg (Clean & Jerk). Silver in, Sanjana: Silver in Women's Junior 76 kg (Total)Valluri Ajay Babu: Silver in Men's Junior 81 kg (Snatch) Neelam Devi: Silver in Women's Junior 55kg (Snatch) Neelam Devi: Silver in Women's Junior 55kg (Clean & Jerk) Neelam Devi: Silver in Women's Junior 55kg (Total) Maibam Martina Devi: Women's Junior +87kg Silver in (Overall) Maibam Martina Devi: Silver in Women Junior +87 kg (Clean & Jerk), Maibam Martina Devi: Bronze in Women's Junior +87kg (Snatch), Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships 2024: India's medalists Payal: Gold in Women's Youth 45kg (Total), Payal: Gold in Women's Youth 45kg (Snatch), Payal: Bronze in Women's Youth 45kg (Clean and Jerk) Jyoshna Sabar: Gold in Women's Youth 40kg (Overall) Jyoshana Sabar: Gold in Women's Youth 40kg (Snatch) Jyoshana Sabar: Gold in Women's Youth 40kg (Clean & Jerk), Babulal Hembrom: Bronze in Men's Youth 49kg, Pritismita Bhoi: Women's Youth 45kg (Clean & Jerk) Silver, Asmita Dhone: Bronze, Koel in Women's Youth 49kg (Clean & Jerk) Bar: Bronze in Women's Youth 55kg (Snatch) Coil Bar: Gold in Women's Youth 55kg (Clean & Jerk) Coil Bar: Silver in Women's Youth 55kg (Total) Sanjana: Silver in Women's Youth 76kg (Total) Sanjana: Silver in Women's Youth 76 kg (Snatch) Sanjana: Silver in Women's Youth 76 kg (Clean and Jerk) Sairaj Pardeshi: Gold in Men's Youth 81kg (Total) Sairaj Pardeshi: Silver in Men's Youth 81kg (Snatch) Sairaj Pardeshi: Silver in Men's Youth 81kg (Clean & Jerk) K Oviya: Women's Youth 81kg (Clean & Jerk) Silver in 96 kg (Clean & Jerk), Parv Choudhary: Men's Youth Bronze in 96 kg (Clean & Jerk), Parv Choudhary: Bronze in Men's Youth 96 kg (total).
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