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Mehak Sharma set new national records at National Weightlifting C’ships

Mehak Sharma set new national records at National Weightlifting C’ships

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Mehak Sharma of Punjab created new national records at the IWLF National Championships in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh on Saturday. Mehak, who won a silver medal at the Khelo India Youth, Junior and Senior National Ranking Women’s Weightlifting Tournament in 2023, broke the national records in Clean and Jerk, and total lift in the women’s +87kg category. While Mehak broke the Clean and Jerk record of Martina (136kg) by lifting 140kg, she broke her own total lift record by lifting four kg more than her previous best of 240kg. She, however, fell one kg short of her own record in the snatch category. Mahek lifted 104kg, one kg less than her national record of 105kg. Weightlifting, National Championships, Kangra: Incredible lifting from Mehak Sharma in the +87kg category at the IWLF National champs as she breaks NR in C&J and total.. Snatch: 104kg (NR: Mehak, 105kg)C&J: 140kg (Prev: Martina, 136kg)Total: 244kg (Prev: Mehak, 240kg) 👏🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/KzlGss6y2x — Vishank Razdan (@VishankRazdan) October 13, 2024 Meanwhile, V Jagadish of Services broke the national records in the men’s 102kg …

Jagdish, Harmanpreet set new national records

Jagdish, Harmanpreet set new national records

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The records are kept on tumbling at the National Weightlifting Championships in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh as four new national records were set by Indian weightlifters in the last two days. Harmanpreet Kaur in the women’s 76 Kg and V Jagdish in the men’s 102 Kg broke two national records each to clinch the gold medals from the championships. Harmanpreet Kaur broke the national records in the clean-and-jerk category with the best lift of 127 Kg and her overall total of 223 Kg is also a new national record in this category. However, she missed out on the national record in the snatch category as her best lift in snatch was 96 Kg and the national record in snatch is listed to the name of Punam Yadav (99 Kg). Harmanpreet also bettered her last year’s silver medal performance at the same event by a massive margin of 20 Kg to clinch the National Championship title. Back-to-back national titles for V Jagdish On the other hand, the 30-year-old Jagdish Vishwakarma of services broke the national records in …