36th National Games: Mirabai Wins Gold, Sanjita Settles For Silver Medal
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01 October, 2022 12:18 pm IST
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Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu won the gold medal with a total lift of 191 kgs in the women's 49kg weightlifting competition at the 36th National Games here on Friday.
Mirabai, who had claimed the Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham in August, walked away with the title after lifting 84kg in snatch and 107 kgs in clean & jerk.
Sanjita Chanu settled for the silver medal with a total lift of 187 kgs (Snatch 82kg, C&J 105kg), while Odisha's Sneha Soren picked up the bronze after totalling 169kg (Snatch 73kg, C&J 96kg) at the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar.
In snatch, Mirabai seized an early advantage by raising the bar to 81kgs in her very first attempt, before a clean effort of 84kg in her second lift gave her a cushion of 3kgs over her Manipuri statemate Sanjita, who could manage 80kg and 82kgs in her first two attempts.
Sanjita's third attempt of lifting 84kg was adjudged a foul. Mirabai preferred to save her energy and didn't turn up for the third attempt. In clean and jerk, Sanjita lifted 95kgs in her first attempt before raising the bar to 100kg and 105kg, with all three attempts getting the green light from the judges.
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