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Olympian Soniya wins gold, Mirabai wins silver in National Championships
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, January 06 2013 :
The only women weightlifter of India in the London Olympic Ngangbam Soniya Chanu has won gold while Asian bronze medallist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won silver in the 65th Senior Men's and 28th Senior Women's Weightlifting Championships which began Saturday at Modi Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
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Uttar Pradesh Weightlifting Association is organising the championships under the aegis of Indian Weightlifting Federation.
Ng Soniya Chanu who represented India in the 2012 London Games clinched gold medal in 48 kg category after lifting 176 kg in total (77 in snatch and 99 in clean & jerk) .
In the same time, another Manipuri women, Saikhom Mirabai who is also a Asian bronze medallist won silver medal in the same category.
She lifted 68 kg in snatch and 86 kg in clean & jerk totalling to 158 kg.
The bronze medal was won by Punjab.
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