Mirabai wins three bronze medals at Asian meet
Source: The Sangai Express
Yangon (Myanmar), November 10 2012:
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu clinched three bronze medals for India on the opening day of the 19th Junior Women Asian Weightlifting Championships.
She lifted 168kg to secure medals in 48kg weight category � one each in snatch (74kg), clean and jerk (94kg) and total (168kg).Her compatriot lifter Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu also competed in 48kg and finished fourth.
Mirabai, who got selected for the event after lifting 163kg in the trials, managed an additional five kg more during the main event.
Mirabai was fifth in 48kg weight category in the last edition of the tournament in Pattaya (Thailand).
She clinched gold in the dame category during the seventh National Youth (Girls) Weightlifting Championships held at Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh last year.
Earlier, Ragala Venkat Rahul won three gold medals to help India increase their medals tally to seven on the second day of the 14th Asian Youth (boys & girls) championships.
Competing in the 77kg category, Rahul secured the yellow metals in snatch, clean and jerk and overall with a total lift of 280 kgs.