11-05-2025
17-yr-old Assam lifter Aisengfa breaks youth natl record
Assam's
clinched the 55kg
gold with an overall lift of 183kg at the ongoing
Bihar in Rajgir on Sunday, and with it broke the
in the category. The 17-year-old, who trains at
's National Centre of Excellence in Lucknow since 2023 under coach Rahul Sharma, shattered the youth national record with an overall lift of 182kg created by Koyel Bar of West Bengal at the 2024 Asian Championships in Doha, Qatar, last who had missed out on a medal in the Khelo India Youth Games in Chennai last year, began her campaign with a 75kg lift in snatch followed by clean lifts of 79kg and route, Aisengfa equalled the snatch record of Mina Santa of Odisha at 81kg which she had created at the World Youth Championship in Suva, Fiji, last year.
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In Rajgir, on Sunday, Mina settled for a silver medal with a total lift of 177kg (80+97) and Andhra Pradesh's Hema Sri Karangi took home the bronze medal with an overall lift of 164kg (72+92).A Khelo India athlete since 2023, Aisengfa had secured the bronze medal at the IWLF National Weightlifting Championships last year in Himachal Pradesh. She had also won a silver in the ASMITA Weightlifting Zonal League in Bhubaneswar last year with a total lift of 167kg (73+94)."This is my first gold in Khelo India, so I want to thank my coach, parents and especially SAI NCOE Lucknow for helping me improve my skills and technique. I have been training at the Lucknow centre since last two years," she said after the win. Earlier, Sunil Singh of Punjab clinched the boys 61kg gold by lifting a total of 238kg (108+130), 6 kg higher than his nearest rival Anik Modi of West Bengal (97+135). Tamil Nadu's Jayanovaraj J. took the bronze with a total lift of 231kg (104+127).In boys' 67kg, Yash Khandagale of Maharashtra lifted overall 267kg (122+145) to capture the gold medal with a 16kg margin over closest competitor Abhinob Gogoi of Assam (116+135). Haryana's Samir Khan, another NCOE Lucknow athlete, clinched the bronze medal with total lift of 241kg (109+132).
