Guwahati: Two new junior national records were created on the opening day of the 50th Men and 26th Women Junior National Weightlifting Championships here on Thursday.
S Mirabai Chanu of Manipur lifted 75kg in women’s 48kg category snatch event, bettering her own record by 1kg.
Chanu swept the gold by winning a gold each in clean and jerk (95kg) and total lift (170kg).
Harshdeep Kaur of Punjab created the second record of the day by lifting 79 kg in snatch in women’s 53kg category contest, erasing the earlier record of 78kg held by M Santoshi of Andhra Pradesh. (PTI)
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