CWG 2018: Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu wins India's second gold medal

CWG 2018: Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu wins India's second gold medal

  Sanjita has offered India its second gold medal in the city of the Commonwealth Games of 2018

NEW DELHI: Khumukcham weightlifter Sanjita Chanu presented India with his second gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast City, Australia, dominating the 53 kg women's event at the Sports and Recreation Center Carrara Friday.

Back at the point where she won the gold at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships last year, the 24 year old from Manipur broke the CWG record with a 84 kg win in the "snatch" category, so he raised 108 in the clean & jerk. a combined effort of 192 kg.

Gold Coast Games

Sanjita entered the Gold Coast Games as one of India's brightest hopes for the medal - won gold at Glasgow FCG four years ago in the 48-kg category - and increased to 53 kg. He started the snatch with a weight of 81 kg, tied the CWG record with 83 kg in his second attempt and then made his record with a super lift of 84 kg, which gave her a 3 kg advantage in the clean section & jerk. The previous CWG record was established by Indian Swarti Singh four years ago.

In the clean and cretin, Sanjita went in the gold medal with a gain of 104 kg and 108 kg before losing the balance in the last attempt. This meant that Dika Toua had to lift 113 kg at her last lift, but despite her best performance, she stumbled and lost the bar grip, which meant that Sanjita was the gold medal. His gold medal came a day after Mirabai Chanu won the gold medal in the women's 48 kg with a combined effort of 196 kg to beat the previous record of 194 kg and P Gururaja won the silver medal to men of 56 kg.

Interest

Sanjita became interested in lifting weights after being inspired by the iconic N Kunjarani Devi. It caused a sensation after winning the gold medal at the 2009 National Championships before winning a bronze medal at the Asian weightlifting championships in 2011. In 2012, he won gold at the national championships. Commonwealth weightlifting. In 2014, at the age of 20, Sanjita won the gold medal against Mirabai Chanu with a total of 173 kg, two kilos less than the record of the Games.

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