Yoihenba wins gold, Olympia bags silver in 68th NSG Weightlifting
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 10 2025:
Ngairangbam Yoihenba Meetei won a gold for Manipur today in the 68th National School Games, 2024-25 of Weight-lifting for U-17 Boys and Girls at SAI-NERC, Takyelpat, Imphal.
Ngairangbam Yoihenba Meetei won the gold in the 67 Kg Boys category.
He lifted a total of 245 Kg (105 Kg snatch & 140 Kg clean and jerk) .
Samir Khan of Haryana lifted 244 Kg (108 Kg snatch & 136 Kg clean and jerk) to secure second place.
Mohit Birdi of Punjab lifted 227 Kg (100 Kg snatch & 127 Kg clean and jerk) to win bronze.
In the girls' 71 Kg category, State lifter Heikham Olympia settled for silver.
She lifted a total of 168 Kg (68 Kg snatch & 85 Kg clean and jerk) to win the silver.
C Juhita Guna of Andhra Pradesh lifted 168 Kg (75 Kg snatch & 93 Kg clean and jerk) to win gold.
R Sandhya of Tamil Nadu won the bronze by lifting 139 Kg (62 Kg snatch & 77 Kg clean and jerk) .
In the boys' 73 Kg category, Gurbaksh Singh of Uttar Pradesh won gold by lifting a total of 237 Kg (105 Kg snatch & 132 Kg clean and jerk) .
Ronish of Punjab won the silver by lifting 228 Kg (101 Kg snatch & 127 Kg clean and jerk).
Anishek Raj Sahil of Bihar won the bronze by lifting 218 Kg (93 Kg snatch & 125 Kg clean and jerk) .