Category: Weightlifting

October 9, 2018 by Abhishek Shukla

Jeremy Lalrinnunga wins first Gold for India at Youth Olympics

Tuesday, 9^th October 2018: Jeremy Lalrinnunga (62 kg) Youth Boy athlete entered into HALL OF FAME by winning GOLD MEDAL during 3^rd Youth Olympic Games at Buenos Aires (Argentina) on 8^th October 2018 with a scintillating performance of 274 kg (124 kg + 150 kg) achieving his best total in 62 kg and smashed 2 National records both in total of 62 kg of Youth (Boys) and Junior (Men). This is the first GOLD MEDAL for India at any Edition of Youth Olympic Games since its inception in 2010.

During the selection trials of 3^rd Youth Olympic Games held at Sports Authority of India, Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports, Patiala on 8^th August 2018 – Jeremy Lalrinnunga finished with a total of 273 kg (126 kg + 147 kg).

Sneha Soren of Odisha finished 5^th in 48 kg Youth Girls with a lift of 151 kg (67 kg + 84 kg).

September 9, 2017 by Abhishek Shukla

Pardeep Singh (105 kg) qualified for 2018 Commonwealth Games

Pardeep Singh (105 kg) won GOLD medal on the last day to directly qualify for 2018 Commonwealth Games-Gold Coast, Australia with a total lift of 342 kg (147 kg + 195 kg) also overhauling a new National Senior record in Snatch event with a lift of 195 kg.

Purnima Pandey in +90 kg Junior Women finished with Silver medal whereas Lovepreet Singh (105 kg) also finished with Gold Medal in Junior section with a lift of 325 kg (150 kg + 175 kg), Gurdeep Singh and Tejpal Singh Sandhu (+105 kg) finished with Bronze Medals in Senior & Junior section respectively.

Detailed results of the last day are as under:-

S.No.	Name	Section	Wt. Cat.	Snatch	C&J	Total	Result
1.	Pardeep Singh	Senior Men	105 kg	147 kg	195 kg *New record*	342 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
2.	Lovepreet Singh	Junior Men	105 kg	150 kg *New record*	175 kg	325 kg *New record*	1^st / Gold Medal
3.	Lalchhanhimi	Senior Women	90 kg	86 kg	105 kg	191 kg	8^th place
4.	Purnima Pandey	Junior Women	+90 kg	94 kg	121 kg	215 kg	2^nd / Silver Medal
5.	Gurdeep Singh	Senior Men	+105 kg	171 kg *New record*	200 kg	371 kg	3^rd / Bronze Medal
6.	Tejpal Singh Sandhu	Junior Men	+105 kg	135 kg	178 kg *New record*	313 kg	3^rd / Bronze Medal

New National records Earlier record

Pardeep Singh (105 kg)

Clean & Jerk-195 kg 191 kg by Praful Kr. Dubey

Gurdeep Singh (+105 kg)

Snatch – 171 kg 170 kg by Dalvir Singh

Lovepreet Singh (105 kg)

Snatch 144 kg 150 kg 137 kg by Gurbhinder Singh

Total 325 kg 315 kg by Md. Jameer Hussain

Tejpal Singh Sandhu (+105 kg)

Clean & Jerk – 178 kg 176 by Vompu Prabhakar

Medal Tally

Section	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Youth (Boys)	04	01	01	06
Youth (Girls)	04	01	01	06
Junior (Men)	06	01	01	08
Junior (Women)	05	01	02	08
Senior (Men)	03	—	04	07
Senior (Women)	02	03	02	07
Grand Total	24	07	11	42

New records

S.No.	Name	Wt. Cat.	Section	No. of records
1.	S. Mirabai Chanu	48 kg	Senior Women	1 Commonwealth record
2.	R.V. Rahul	85 kg	Senior Men	5 National Senior records
3.	R.V. Rahul	85 kg	Junior Men	6 National Junior records 5 Commonwealth Junior records
4.	Pardeep Singh	94 kg	Senior Men	1 National Senior record
5.	Gurdeep Singh	+105 kg	Senior Men	1 National Senior record
6.	M. Raja	62 kg	Youth Boy	2 National Youth records
7.	M. Raja	62 kg	Junior Men	1 National Junior record
8.	Deepak Lather	69 kg	Youth Boy	3 National Youth records
9.	Deepak Lather	69 kg	Junior Men	2 National Junior records
10.	Lovepreet Singh	105 kg	Junior Men	4 National Junior records
11.	Tejpal Singh Sandhu	+105 kg	Junior Men	1 National Junior record

Direct Qualification obtained for 2018 Commonwealth Games – Gold Coast, Australia

S.No.	Name	Wt. Cat.	Section
1.	S. Mirabai Chanu	48 kg	Women
2.	Kh. Sanjita Chanu	53 kg	Women
3.	S. Sathish Kumar	77 kg	Men
4.	R.V. Rahul	85 kg	Men
5.	Pardeep Singh	94 kg	Men

September 8, 2017 by Abhishek Shukla

Kojum Taba wins Gold in 2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships

Punam Yadav (69 kg) Senior Women won Silver medal, Seema (75 kg) won Silver medal in Senior section and Gold medal in Junior section whereas A. Anju Devi (75 kg) won Silver medal in Youth Girls section followed by Gold medal for Kojum Taba (94 kg) in Junior Men and Bronze Medal by Vikas Thakur (94 kg) Senior Men on day 5 of the 2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships at Gold Coast, Australia.

Detailed results of the Indian team concluded are as under:-

S.No.	Name	Section	Wt. Cat.	Snatch	C&J	Total	Result
1.	A. Anju Devi	Youth Girl	75 kg	73 kg	94 kg	167 kg	2^nd / Silver Medal
2.	Punam Yadav	Senior Women	69 kg	97 kg	120 kg	217 kg	2^nd / Silver Medal
3.	Seema	Senior Women	75 kg	91 kg	111 kg	202 kg	2^nd / Silver Medal
4.		Junior Women	75 kg	91 kg	111 kg	202 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
5.	Vikas Thakur	Senior Men	94 kg	150 kg	190 kg	340 kg	3^rd / Bronze Medal
6.	Kojum Taba	Junior Men	94 kg	140 kg	177 kg	317 kg	1^st / Gold Medal

September 7, 2017September 8, 2017 by Abhishek Shukla

Ragala Venkat Rahul break nation records in 2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships

Ragala Venkat Rahul (85 kg) and Sivalingam Sathish Kumar (77 kg) qualified directly for 2018 Commonwealth Games by winning GOLD medal in their respective body weight categories during 2017 Commonwealth Senior (Men & Women)Weightlifting Championships.

Ragala Venkat Rahul busted 16 new records with his standout lifting of 351 kg (156 kg + 195 kg).

New National Senior records (5) Earlier records

Snatch 156 kg 155 kg (Vikas Thakur)

Clean & Jerk 189 kg 195 kg 188 kg (R.V. Rahul)

Total 345 kg 351 kg 341 kg (Vikas Thakur)

New National Junior records (6) Earlier records

Snatch 152 kg 156 kg 150 kg (Vikas Thakur)

Clean & Jerk 189 kg 195 kg 188 kg (R.V. Rahul)

Total 341 kg 351 kg 338 kg (R.V. Rahul)

New Commonwealth Junior records (5) Earlier records

Snatch 156 kg 152 kg (Boady Santavy of Canada)

Clean & Jerk 189 kg 195 kg 185 kg (Steven Kari of PNG)

Total 345 kg 351 kg 330 kg (Kojum Taba)

India started competition of 4^th day during 2017 CommonwealthWeightlifting Championships at Gold Coast, Australia with a GOLD and BRONZE MEDAL in 77 kg Youth Boys where Ragala Varun won Gold with a total weight of 269 kg (124 kg + 145 kg) and Abhishek Poonia won Bronze with a total weight of 256 kg (113 kg + 143 kg).

Detailed results of the Indian team concluded are as under:-

S.No.	Name	Section	Wt. Cat.	Snatch	C&J	Total	Result
1.	Ragala Varun	Youth Boy	77 kg	124 kg	145 kg	269 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
2.	Abhishek Poonia	Youth Boy	77 kg	113 kg	143 kg	256 kg	3^rd / Bronze Medal
3.	Nikeeta Kale	Youth Girl	69 kg	73 kg	90 kg	163 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
4.	S. Nirupama Devi	Junior Women	69 kg	77 kg	101 kg	178 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
5.	S. Sathish Kumar	Senior Men	77 kg	148 kg	172 kg	320 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
6.	Ajay Singh	Junior Men	77 kg	140 kg	170 kg	310 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
7.	R.V. Rahul	Senior Men	85 kg	156 kg	195 kg	351 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
		Junior Men	85 kg	156 kg	195 kg	351 kg	1^st / Gold Medal

September 6, 2017September 8, 2017 by Abhishek Shukla

Muthupandi Raja wins Gold in Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships

Muthupandi Raja of India won GOLD Medal in 62 kg Youth (Boys) with a total weight of 260 kg (110 kg + 150 kg) and SILVER medal in 62 kg Junior Men with 260 kg. Jimjang Deru was unable to compete in Clean & Jerk event due to injury occurred in the Snatch event where he successfully lifted 110 kg in his second attempt and failed to lift 114 kg in his third attempt and got injured.

The third day of 2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships started with a BRONZE Medal in 58 kg Senior Women section by Saraswati Rout forIndia who lifted a total weight of 179 kg (82 kg + 97 kg) whereas Erra Deexitha won a GOLD Medal in 58 kg Junior Women section with a total weight of 167 kg (73 kg + 94 kg).

Deepak Lather secured 3 Medals for India – GOLD Medals in Youth (Boys) and Junior (Men) section in 69 kg body weight categories and BRONZE Medal in Senior (Men) section in 69 kg body weight category with a total lift of 295 kg (138 kg + 157 kg).

Detailed results of the Indian team concluded are as under:-

S.No.	Name	Section	Wt. Cat.	Snatch	C&J	Total	Result
1	M. Raja	Youth Boy	62 kg	110 kg	150 kg	260 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
		Junior Men	62 kg	110 kg	150 kg	260 kg	2^nd / Silver Medal
2.	Jimjang Deru	Senior Men	62 kg	110 kg	E/T	E/T	—
3.	Saraswati Rout	Senior Women	58 kg	82 kg	97 kg	179 kg	3^rd / Bronze Medal
4.	Erra Deexitha	Junior Women	58 kg	73 kg	94 kg	167 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
5.	Deepak Lather	Youth Boy	69 kg	138 kg	157 kg	295 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
		Junior Men	69 kg	138 kg	157 kg	295 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
		Senior Men	69 kg	138 kg	157 kg	295 kg	3^rd / Bronze Medal
6.	Vandna Gupta	Senior Women	63 kg	88 kg	109 kg	197 kg	4^th place
7.	P. Umeshwori Devi	Youth Girl	63 kg	72 kg	89 kg	161 kg	3^rd / Bronze Medal
		Junior Women	63 kg	72 kg	89 kg	161 kg	3^rd / Bronze Medal

September 6, 2017 by Abhishek Shukla

India to host 2019 Edition of Commonwealth Senior, Junior & Youth Weightlifting Championships

The Executive Board of Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation has allotted the 2019 Edition of Commonwealth Youth (Boys & Girls), Junior (Men & Women) and Senior (Men & Women) Weightlifting Championships to INDIA.

Indian Weightlifting Federation will host the 2019 Edition of Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in India.

September 5, 2017 by Abhishek Shukla

Mirabai Chanu and Sanjita Chanu qualifies for 2018 Commonwealth Games

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu became first lifter to qualify for 2018 Commonwealth Games – Gold Coast City, Australia by winning GOLD MEDAL in 48 kg weight category during ongoing 2017 Commonwealth Senior (Men & Women) Weightlifting Championships at Gold Coast, Australia on second day of the competition.

She lifted a total weight of 189 kg (85 kg + 104 kg) in 48 kg weight Senior category and finished 1^st (first). She broke Commonwealth record in Snatch event with a lift of 85 kg bettering her own by 1 kg which was made by her on 24^th April 2016 at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu became second lifter to qualify from INDIA for 2018 Commonwealth Games – Gold Coast City by winning GOLD MEDAL in 53 kg weight category during ongoing 2017 Commonwealth Senior (Men & Women) Weightlifting Championships at Gold Coast, Australia on second day of the competition with a total lift of 195 kg.

Sneha Soren of India won GOLD MEDAL with a total of 138 kg (60 kg + 78 kg) in 48 kg Youth Girls whereas Jhilli Dalabehera also won GOLD MEDAL with a total of 154 kg (67 kg + 87 kg) in 48 kg Junior Women section.

Earlier in the day, 56 kg weight category took place where Gururaja of India finished third (3^rd) with a total of 246 kg (107 kg + 139 kg) in Senior section.

Jeremy Lalrinnunga of India won 2 GOLD MEDALS both in Youth and Junior section with a total lift of 240 kg (109 kg + 131 kg).

Zakhuma won SILVER MEDAL in Youth 56 kg weight category with a total lift of 215 kg (95 kg + 120 kg).

Detailed results concluded so far are as under:-

S.No.	Name	Section	Wt. Cat.	Snatch	C&J	Total	Result
1	K. Ormila Devi	Youth Girl	44 kg	57 kg	76 kg	133 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
2.	Sneha Soren	Youth Girl	48 kg	60 kg	78 kg	138 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
3.	Jhilli Dalabehera	Junior Women	48 kg	67 kg	87 kg	154 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
4.	S. Mirabai Chanu	Senior Women	48 kg	85 kg New record	104 kg	189 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
5.	Ananya Patil	Youth Girl	53 kg	66 kg	80 kg	146 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
6.	M. Purnima Chanu	Junior Women	53 kg	70 kg	90 kg	160 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
7.	Ananya Patil	Junior Women	53 kg	66 kg	80 kg	146 kg	3^rd / Bronze Medal
8.	Kh. Sanjita Chanu	Senior Women	53 kg	85 kg	110 kg	195 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
9.	M. Santoshi	Senior Women	53 kg	86 kg	108 kg	194 kg	2^nd / Silver Medal
10.	Jeremy Lalrinnunga	Youth Boy	56 kg	109 kg	131 kg	240 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
11.	Zakhuma	Youth Boy	56 kg	95 kg	120 kg	215 kg	2^nd / Silver Medal
12.	Jeremy Lalrinnunga	Junior Men	56 kg	109 kg	131 kg	240 kg	1^st / Gold Medal
13.	Gururaja	Senior Men	56 kg	107 kg	139 kg	246 kg	3^rd / Bronze Medal

July 28, 2017 by Abhishek Shukla

Ajay Singh won 3 bronze in Asian Jr. Weightlifting Championships

Ajay Singh won 3 bronze medals during 24^th Women and 31^stMen Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships being held at Kathmandu, Nepal from 21^st to 29^thJuly, 2017 with a lift of 315 kg (143 kg + 172 kg) in 77 kg Junior Men weight category.

July 27, 2017 by Abhishek Shukla

S. Nirupama Devi won 3 bronze medals during Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships

Seram Nirupama Devi won 3 bronze medals during 19^thAsian Youth (Boys & Girls) and 24^th Women and 31^st Men Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships being held at Kathmandu, Nepal from 21^st to 29^th July, 2017 with a lift of 178 kg (79 kg + 99 kg) in 69 kg Youth Girls weight category.