Asmita Dhone clinched the bronze medal in the clean and jerk category of youth women’s 49 kg weight class at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Doha, Qatar on Friday.
Asmita registered the best lift of 94 Kg to clinch this medal and also break the national youth record in this category. However, she missed out on an overall medal, lifting a total of 162 Kg.
In the junior women’s 49 Kg, Panchami Sonowal finished in the fourth position with a total lift of 166 Kg (72 Kg Snatch + 94 CJ) and missed out on any medal from the competition.
Earlier in the day, Koyel Bar, in the 55 Kg B-Group, registered a Personal Best total of 182 kg (79 Kg+103 Kg) in the Youth Women’s category, breaking two youth National Records in the process.
Payal clinched five medals in 45 Kg
Earlier, Payal had a very good outing on the first day of the competition, winning five medals from the competition, three in the youth category and two in the junior category of women’s 45 Kg.
She won two gold medals and a bronze in the youth category with a total lift of 155 Kg (70 Kg Snatch, 85 Kg CJ) whereas won two bronze medals in clean and jerk and overall lift category of junior competition.
On the other hand, Preetismita Bhoi won the silver medal in Clean and Jerk with a lift of 85 Kg in the youth category of 45 kg women.
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