India’s Vanshita Verma won the gold medal in the women’s 81kg weight category at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2023 on Saturday while the men’s weightlifters claimed three more silvers and a bronze.
In the women’s 81kg competition, Vanshita Verma finished first with a combined lift of 205kg. The Indian beat Emma Mccready of Wales, who lifted a total of 204kg. Only two weightlifters competed in the senior category of the women’s 81kg.
Vanshita Verma: ?in Women’s 81kg Junior category with a total lift of 205kg
* Kapil Sonowal: ?in Men’s 102kg Youth category with a total lift of 269kg
* Harcharan Singh: ?in Men’s 102kg Senior category with a total lift of 335kg pic.twitter.com/ULUSuEa1tg
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Amarjit Guru (men’s 89kg), Harshad Wadekar (men’s 96kg) and Harcharan Singh (102kg) claimed the silver medals. Jagdish Vishwakarma won the bronze in the men’s 96kg category to round up India’s day at the weightlifting competition, being held at the Gautam Buddha University in Greater Noida.
Earlier, Amarjit Guru opened India’s medal account for the day. Amarjit Guru lifted a combined weight of 312kg (141kg snatch + 171kg clean and jerk) for a second place finish.Watt Hunter took the gold medal.
In the 96kg event, India’s Harshad Wadekar lifted a total weight of 346kg (155kg snatch + 191kg clean and jerk) to clinch second place. Compatriot Jagdish Vishwakarma claimed the bronze medal with a combined lift of 341kg (149kg snatch + 192kg clean and jerk). Britain’s Cyrille Tchatchet won the gold by lifting 347kg (155kg snatch + 192kg clean and jerk).
Harcharan Singh lifted a combined total of 335kg (152kg snatch + 183kg clean and jerk) to bag the silver in the men’s 102kg category. Samoa’s Don Opeloge won the gold medal with a total lift of 379kg (172kg snatch + 207kg clean and jerk). The final podium place was claimed by Leon Vogeler-Schmid of Australia, who hauled 333kg (150kg snatch + 183 clean and jerk).
Following the addition of medals on Saturday, India’s overall tally rose to 16 – eight golds, seven silvers and a bronze.
The final day of the competition on Sunday will feature only two senior Indian weightlifters – Lovepreet Singh (men’s 109kg) and Purnima Pandey (women’s +87kg).