India’s teenage weightlifting sensation Jeremy Lalrinnunga’s Olympic hopes took a success on Tuesday as he missed the rostrum by a whisker within the Junior World Championships right here. The 18-year-old, who suffered a knee harm on the Asian Championships right here final month, heaved 135kg in snatch and 165kg in clear and jerk for a complete of 300kg, lacking out on a 3rd place end by a kilogram within the 67kg class. The Turkish duo of Muhammed Furkan Ozbek (141kg+176kg=317kg) and Yusuf Fehmi Genc (133kg+168kg=301kg) took dwelling the gold and bronze medals respectively whereas Akmolda Sairamkez of Kazakhstan (132kg+176kg=308kg) clinched the silver.
Jeremy’s effort on the gold stage Olympic qualifier occasion was removed from his private better of 140kg in snatch, 167kg in clear and jerk and an total whole of 306kg.
Had the Indian, who’s ranked twenty sixth, lifted 313kg, he would have sealed his ticket to Tokyo by bagging the continental quota.
South Korea’s Han Myeong-mok, who’s ranked twenty first, is probably going to obtain the Olympic berth based mostly on the continental quota.
However, the 2018 Youth Olympics gold-medallist continues to be not out of rivalry for the Tokyo Games till the ultimate record is made.
“We can’t say whether or not Jeremy has certified or not till the ultimate record is made. He nonetheless has an opportunity,” national coach Vijay Sharma told PTI.
“In the rankings, there are lifters from the same country above him so only one of them can participate, like there may be three from Colombia or China ahead of him right now.
“Countries can field lifters in four categories, until all countries confirm the final participation, we can’t say anything,” he added.
The Mizo lifter, who owns the youth world report on this weight class, was off to a disappointing begin as he failed to elevate 135kg on his first snatch try, nonetheless, he heaved the identical weight in his second attempt.
Jeremy then tried 139kg however failed to elevate the barbell, ending with a silver medal within the class.
In clear and jerk, he simply lifted 160kg and 165kg in his first two makes an attempt however faltered in his bid to hoist 170kg, which might have been three kilograms greater than his private greatest that he achieved on the National Championship in February final yr.
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