Maharashtra weightlifter Arati Tatgunti said winning a gold medal and breaking national youth records in the 49kg category at the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) in Chennai was completely unexpected and left her surprised.

It was a keenly-fought contest between Arati, her statemate Soumya Dalvi and Assam’s Panchami Sonowal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium recently, Arati emerged victorious, lifting a total weight of 170 kg, including 75 in snatch and 95 in clean and jerk, thereby creating new records in snatch, clean and jerk.