Commonwealth Weightlifting | Three Indians take silver; Koyel scripts youth record

India’s Elite Lifters Cold Not Rise to Expectations as Raja Muthupandi (65kg, Men), Sneha Soren (53kg, Women), Bindyarani Devi (58k, Women) Finished Finished Best in the CommonD Best in the Commonwealth Weightlifting championships at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Naranpura, Here on Tuesday.

Muthupandi, Who Managed A One-KG Lead Over Papua New Guinea’s Morea Baru and A Three-KG Lead Over Malaysia’s Double Commonwealth Games Champion Aznil Bidin in Snatch, SAW BARU SURU SURU SURU SURU SURU SURU SURU SURU SURU SURU SURU SURU SURU SNATCH Total of 292kg, Thanks to his third clean and jerk attempt (165kg). But bidin lifted 168kg in his second visit to aggregate 293kg. After failing in his second effort at 167kg, Muthupandi Lifted 168kg in the next to Finish with a total of 296kg.

Bidin then made a successful jump of four kg to reach 297kg, pipping muthupandi to the gold.

Despite a smooth snatch of 91kg, bindyarani trailed australia’s kiana elliot by nine kg. The latter registered 112kg in her second of the three back-to-back clean and jerk attempts, leaving bindyarani to cover 12kg in two lifts. With Seven Kg Left in Her Final Attempt, it was too much for the Indian.

Sneha Had a Forgettable Outing as She TotalLed 285kg, Seven Kg Less Than Youth and Junior Champion Koyel Bar, Who Scripted a Youth World Record.

Anik Modi (238kg) and Yash Khandagale (273kg) clinched the men’s 65kg youth and junior crowns while bhavana gogoi (162kg) and mina santa (185kg) Emerged the Women’s 58KG Youth and Junior Campions.

Important Results (Winners Only, Indians Unless Mentioned): Men: 65kg: 1. Aznil Bidin (MAS) SNATCH 125kg, Clean and Jerk 172kg, Total 297kg, 2. Raja Muthupandi 128kg, 168kg, 296kg.

Women: 53kg: 1. Omolola Didih (NGR) 90kg, 107kg, 197kg, 2. Sneha Soren 81kg, 104kg, 185kg; 58kg: 1. Kiana Elliott (AUS) 100kg, 112kg, 212kg, 2. Bindyarani 91kg, 115kg, 206kg.