Thursday 29 December 2016

Lifter Jimjang creates new national record

Lifter Jimjang creates new national record NAGERCOIL (Tamil Nadu), Dec 28: Jimjang Deru on Tuesday created a new national record in clean & jerk event in men’s 62kg category with a lift of 153kg to secure the gold medal on Day Two of the Senior National Weightlifting Championships.Jimjang lifted 113kg in snatch before breaking the national record in the clean & jerk
with a brilliant effort of 153kg for a total of 266kg to finish on the top of the podium. The earlier national record was in the name of Rustam Sarang of Chhattisgarh.
In other weight divisions, Saraswati Rout of Railway Sports Promotion Board and Punjab’s Jasvir Kaur bagged the gold medals in women’s 58kg and women’s 63kg respectively.

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