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Asian Weightlifting Championships: India's Nirupama Devi finishes fourth
Asian Weightlifting Championships: India's Nirupama Devi finishes fourth

The Hindu

time11-05-2025

  • Sport
  • The Hindu

Asian Weightlifting Championships: India's Nirupama Devi finishes fourth

Two failed clean and jerk attempts cost Indian weightlifter Nirupama Devi a bronze medal as she finished fourth in the women's 64kg category at the Asian Championships on Sunday. The 24-year-old, an Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships medallist, managed 115kg in clean and jerk as she faltered in her attempts to heave 120kg and 125kg, adding to her 91kg snatch for a total of 206kg in the non-Olympic category. READ: Indian sports wrap, May 11: Pranavi finishes tied 40th, Diksha tied 52nd in Korea A successful 125kg lift would have taken the Manipur lifter past South Korea's Mun Min-hee, the 2018 Asian Games medallist, who claimed bronze with a total of 214kg (94kg +120kg). China's Li Shuang won the gold with an effort of 239kg (105kg+134kg) while Filipina lifter Elreen Ann Ando clinched the silver for her 232kg (102kg+130kg) effort. India has sent a two-member team to the Asian Championships, which most of the elite weightlifters are giving a miss Dilbag Singh will be competing in the men's 96kg event on Tuesday.

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