The achievement carried a weight far heavier than her competition total. On July 24, 2020, returning home from training, Rinki’s life changed in an instant when she found that her father, Niladri Nayak, had taken his own life.
The 75th State Weightlifting Championship was conducted at Konnagar. 170 participants, including state and national-level men and women from Hooghly, Howrah, Burdwan, and South 24-Parganas, participated in the event.
“I am determined to win a second Olympic medal. It will help me overcome the agony of missing out on major medals due to injuries," said Mirabai.
International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) welcomed the recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) of weightlifting being confirmed on the program of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Weightlifting competitions at the Asian Games will be held in seven men’s and seven women’s divisions. India, however, sent only two weightlifters, both in women’s categories.
The 20-year-old Sargar who won a silver in the Commonwealth Games 2022, on his maiden participation in the games, sustained an elbow injury during his medal-winning lift.
Gurdeep's medal took India's total medal count from weightlifting to 10 -- three gold, three silver and four bronze -- marginally better than that at Gold Coast in 2018 when India had won only nine medals.
In a statement issued here, the Chief Minister congratulated Kaur and said that this promising athlete from Mehas village near Nabha had made the country proud with her achievement.
The 25-year-old from Mehas village near Nabha in Punjab lifted 93 in snatch and 119 in clean and jerk
He lifted 143kg in snatch and 170kg in clean and jerk to top the field ahead of Malaysia's Erry Hidayat Muhammad, who took silver with a total of 303kg, while Canada's S. Darsigny claimed bronze with a total of 298kg.
