Meena Kumari sweeps gold in 58kg in National Weightlifting

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Press Trust of India Modinagar (Uttar Pradesh)
Last Updated : Feb 02 2013 | 8:35 PM IST

Kumari was no match to her rivals as she finished first in snatch (80kg), clean and jerk (106kg) and total lift (186kg) at the SRM University Campus here.

Premeshowri Devi of Manipur won a silver each in snatch (77kg), clean and jerk (98kg) and total lift (175kg). Minati Sethi of Railways bagged a bronze each in snatch (76kg), clean and jerk (96kg) and total lift (172kg).

In women's 63kg class, Vandana Gupta bagged a gold in snatch (87kg) and total lift (195kg) while settling for a silver in clean and jerk (108kg).

Reena of Haryana won gold in clean and jerk (112kg) while she bagged a silver each in snatch (83kg) and total lift (195kg). Seeta Jena of Orissa won all the three bronze medal.

In men's 85kg category, Vikas Thakur of Services emerged run away winner as he lifted 144kg and 177kg in snatch and clean and jerk respectively for a total effort of 321kg to win three gold medals.

Vijay Mathur of Uttar Pradesh won the overall silver with a total lift of 306kg (139+167) while Neeraj Sharma of Delhi clinched the overall bronze with a total effort of 306kg (143+163).

  

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First Published: Jan 09 2013 | 12:00 AM IST

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