India concluded the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2021 with 16 medals – 4 Gold, 7 Silver, and 5 Bronze, held at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Bindyarani Devi was India’s only medallist at the World Weightlifting Championships 2021, that was also held parallelly at Tashkent.
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South Korea’s Son Young-hee won the gold medal at the world championships with an overall lift of 282kg (122+159). New Zealand’s David Liti won the gold medal for a total of 407kg (176+231) followed by Pakistan’s Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt, who lifted 390kg (165+225).
India’s Medal Winners:
Gold medal
- Jeremy Lalrinnunga (67kg) (Men)
- Achinta Sheuli (73kg) (Men)
- Ajay Singh (81kg) (Men)
- Purnima Pandey (+87kg) (Women)
Silver medal
- Guru Raja (61kg) (Men)
- Lovepreet Singh (109kg) (Men)
- Jhili Dalabehera (49kg) (Women)
- S Bindyarani Devi (55kg) (Women)
- Hazarika Popy (59kg) (Women)
- Harjinder Kaur (71kg) (Women)
- Punam Yadav (76kg) (Women)
Bronze medal
- Vikas Thakur (96kg) (Men)
- Gurdeep Singh (+109kg) (Men)
- Lalchhanhimi (71kg) (Women)
- R Arockiya Alish (76kg) (Women)
- Anuradha Pavunraj (87kg) (Women)
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