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India won 16 medals in Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship 2021

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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Sumit Arora

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