Pallavi Sanapathi. (Twitter)
Pallavi bagged the silver silver medal in the 64kg junior division with a total lift of 196kg as she lifted 87kg in snatch and 109 in clean & jerk, while Krishna had a total lift of 271kg 120kg in snatch and 151kg in clean & jerk in the men’s 73kg youth category.
Indian lifters clinched two silver and a bronze in the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships here on Tuesday, the fifth day of competition.
Pallavi Sanapathi, the 64kg junior lifter, clinched silver with a total lift of 196kg (87kg in snatch and 109 in clean & jerk).
Fatemeh Keshavarz of Iran won the gold medal with a total lift of 197kg (86+111 kg), while Madinabonu Djuraeva of Uzbekistan bagged the bronze, heaving a total of 190 kg.
B Venkata Krishna also finished second on the podium in the men’s 73kg youth category.
Krishna had a total lift of 271kg (120kg in snatch and 151kg in clean & jerk) behind Khikmatillo Khaydarov of Uzbekistan who lifted 287kg for gold.
India’s Harika Bellana bagged a bronze medal in the youth 59kg category with a total lift of 176kg (78+98). Lyudmila Elefteriadi of Uzbekistan clinched the gold medal with a total lift of 177kg.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
