GANDHINAGAR:
Commonwealth championship gold medallist Purnima Pandey overcame a stiff again to avenge her loss to National champion Ann Mariya M.T. regardless of totaling a below-par 215kg in the ladies’s +87kg class on the weightlifting enviornment of the National Games right here on Tuesday.
Purnima, who had executed 228kg in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, benefitted from her snatch exhibiting of 95kg to ascertain a 5 kg lead.
She produced an error-free clear and jerk efficiency of 120kg whilst Ann topped the second phase of the competitors by lifting one kg extra.
Ann had claimed the National title with an mixture of 231kg, whereas Purnima had taken the silver by getting two kg much less in Bhubaneswar in March final.
“I was not prepared for the National Games as I have been undergoing rehab for the back injury. Even today, I came here just to participate in the event, the gold medal was not my goal. The injury has been troubling me for quite some time and I want to make sure that I get back to full fitness before the national camp starts. We have a busy season ahead,” stated Purnima.
Services’ Vipan Kumar claimed the lads’s +109kg title with an total efficiency of 356kg on the concluding day of the weightlifting competitions.
The outcomes:
Men: +109kg: 1. Vipan Kumar (SSCB) snatch 161kg, clear and jerk 195kg, complete 356kg; 2. Hitesh Kumar (Har) 150kg, 187kg, 337kg; 3. Shyopat Singh (Raj) 148kg, 183kg, 331kg.
Women: +87kg: 1. Purnima Pandey (UP) 95kg, 120kg, complete 215kg; 2. Ann Mariya M.T. (Ker) 90kg, 121kg, 211kg; 3. Manpreet Kaur (Pun) 87kg, 120kg, 207kg.
