Weightlifting
Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships: Indian Martina Devi wins silver
Indian athlete Martina Devi clinched a silver medal in the junior women’s +87kg category at the Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships on Wednesday.
The 18-year-old from Manipur lifted a total of 225 kg (96 kg + 129 kg) to finish second in the three-weightlifter category. She also won a silver medal for her clean and jerk effort and a bronze medal for her snatch.
The performance, however, was far from Devi’s personal best. The teenager had lifted a national junior record of 101kg in the snatch and 136kg in the clean and jerk at the junior world championships earlier this year.
Medals are awarded separately for the snatch, clean and jerk and full lift at Continental Cups, World Cups and World Championships.
-PTI
EQUESTRIAN
National Junior Equestrian Championship: Anupati and Raju emerge victorious
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Young riders Anupati Navyashree Sai and Raju Singh emerged best in the show jumping and dressage categories respectively. | Photo credit: REUTERS
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Young riders Anupati Navyashree Sai and Raju Singh emerged best in the show jumping and dressage categories respectively. | Photo credit: REUTERS
Young riders Anupati Navyashree Sai and Raju Singh emerged as the top performers in the show jumping and dressage categories respectively on the final day of the first half of the Junior National Equestrian Championships.
In the young rider category, Anupati, who rode Abra ka Dabra, scored 32.60 points without conceding any penalty in the two-phase show jumping event on Tuesday.
She finished ahead of Avik Bhatia, Geetika Tikkishetty and Monu Kumar to be judged the best in her event.
In free dressage, Raju, who rode Louk, did extremely well in his event, scoring 65.18 points. It was a very competitive event in which Javeer Verma, Geetika and Navyasjree brought it close.
In the children’s dressage category, Subh Chowdhri, astride Furstentanz, outperformed the challenge of Pranav Deepak, Punnet Jakhar and Jaiwant Nawle while in the children’s show jumping event, Mogil Anbu edged out Divyaraj Singh Rathore , Sresh Raju Mantena and Eera Shree Harsha to emerge as the winner.
In addition to the accolades in the Children’s Category I, Jaiveer Singh Nagra was awarded the Best Rider title for his outstanding performances throughout the competition, cementing his place as one of the brightest young talents in Indian equestrian sports.
Sahil, astride Candy, recorded 93.5 points to emerge winner of the overall individual tent rankings, finishing ahead of Mohammad Alhamad Chishty (80), Shahrukh Khan (79) and Adeel Ahkter (76).
The action will resume on December 27 with events in the junior category (age group 14-18 years) and children II (age group 10-12).
-PTI
