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Nungsiton Chanu bags gold in Commonwealth Championships
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 14 2015:
Manipur's Khumukcham Nungsiton Chanu bagged a gold medal each in the Junior and Youth (57kg) categories in the 2015 Commonwealth Youth, Junior & Senior weightlifting championships held at Pune.
She represented India in both the Youth and Junior categories.
The Bright Star Union, Kakching has congratulated Nungsiton for achieving the feat.
Nungsiton is the daughter of Kh Oken and Kh (O) Ibemma of Nongpok Kakching Makha Leikai.
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In the same championship, India's Punam Yadav (63kg) bagged gold medals for India in both the senior and junior women�s categories on the third day on Wednesday.
In the men's section Vishnukanth S, Ragala Venkat Rahul and Vikas Thakur claimed the top positions in their respective weight divisions.
Another Indian in the fray, G Lalitha settled for the silver medal in 63kg Youth Girls section.
Punam lifted 90kg in snatch and 110kg in clean and jerk for a total of 200kg to win the top honours in senior as well as junior sections.
Vishnukanth clinched the gold in 85kg youth boys with an effort of 227kg (102+125).Ragala Venkat won the yellow metal in 85kg junior men division with a lift of 327kg (146+181) but the same effort earned him a silver medal in the 85kg senior men's category.
Vikas Thakur bagged the top position in this category as he lifted 335kg (152+183) .
Lalitha picked up a total weight of 164kg (74+90) to win the second position.
The gold medal went to Mabia Aktar of Bangladesh with an effort of 176kg (78+98) .
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