Tashkent April 17: Indian Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu on Saturday won a bronze medal at Asian weightlifting Championship held in Tashkant. She lifted a total of 205kg (86 + 191) in Clean and jerk Category. China’s Hou Zhihui and Jiang Huihui took the gold (213kg =96 + 117) and silver (207kg = 89 + 118) respectively in the women’s 49kg category.
The earlier record for the single heaviest weight lifted in this category was 118kg, held by a Jiang Huihua, but Mirabai Chanu overcome that record by lifting 119kg.
Clean and jerk is a category in weight lifting where the lifter lifts the barbell ‘cleanly’ from ground to rack position and jerks it overhead to arm’s length and then drops it back.
Sports news by Empower Young Journalist: Suchi Giridhar
