Mirabai Chanu claimed 3 Bronze Medals at Asian Jr Weightlifting

Nov 12, 2012, 16:05 IST

Sports Current Affairs 2012. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, the female Weightlifter from India won three bronze medals for Indian Team on the opening day of the 19th Junior Women Asian Weightlifting Championships in Yangon in Mynamar...

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, the female Weightlifter from India won three bronze medals for Indian Team on the opening day of the 19th Junior Women Asian Weightlifting Championships in Yangon in Mynamar.

To win and secure medals she lifted 168kg in the 48kg weight category -- one each in snatch (74kg), clean and jerk (94kg) and total (168kg).

Mirabai, got selected for the event after lifting 163kg in the trials and had managed an additional five kg more during the main event.
 
Mirabai was fifth in 48kg weight category in the last edition of the tournament in Pattaya (Thailand).
 
She had earlier clinched gold in the dame category during the seventh National Youth (Girls) Weightlifting Championships held at Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh in year 2011.

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