CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Punjab’s Harjinder Kaur, the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, made a new record in clean & jerk (123kg) for a total of 214 kg to bag the senior women’s 71kg gold in the National weightlifting championships here on Wednesday. Amandeep Kaur (AIPSCB) finished second with a total lift of 201kg.

Detailed explanation-2: -Commonwealth Games 2022 weightlifting: Mirabai Chanu wins India’s first gold medal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mirabai Chanu was representing Manipur at the National Games. Mirabai Chanu seized the gold with a total lift of 191 kgs - 84kgs in snatch and 107 kgs in the clean and jerk despite a wrist injury.

Detailed explanation-4: -Railways’ Punam Yadav created two new records to bag the gold medal in the National weightlifting championships here on Friday. The 27-year-old from Varanasi, a medallist in the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games, lifted 100kg in snatch and had a total of 222.

Detailed explanation-5: -Harshada Garud was India’s only medallist among 12 weightlifters. India’s Ann Mariya Muriyaden Thimothy finished sixth in the women’s 87+ kg event on the final day of the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2022 in Manama, Bahrain on Sunday.