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Jr Weightlifting C’ship: Silver for Gyaneshwari; Rithika wins bronze

Updated on: 04 May,2022 07:46 AM IST  |  New Delhi
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Chhattisgarh lifter Gyaneshwari produced a total effort of 156kg (73kg+83kg) to take home the silver metal on Monday night

Jr Weightlifting C’ship: Silver for Gyaneshwari; Rithika wins bronze

Gyaneshwari Yadav. Pics/SAI

Gyaneshwari Yadav clinched the silver medal while compatriot V Rithika finished third to give India a double podium finish in the women’s 49kg category at the IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Heraklion, Greece.


Chhattisgarh lifter Gyaneshwari produced a total effort of 156kg (73kg+83kg) to take home the silver metal on Monday night.


V RithikaV Rithika


Rithika, 18, on the other hand, heaved 6 kgs less than her compatriot—150kg (69kg+81kg) to bag the bronze medal in a depleted 10-lifter field. Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist and strong favourite Windy Cantika Aisah of Indonesia was crowned the champion in the category thanks to her total effort of 185kg (83kg+102kg). 

The gulf between the Indonesian lifter, who won the Asian and world junior titles last year, and the 19-year-old Gyaneshwari was a whopping 29kg with Aisah even declined to take her final attempt.

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