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NPC clinch five gold medals
Nepal Police Club (NPC) claimed five gold medals on the opening day of the second Sunil Lal Joshi Nepal’s Strongest Weightlifting Championships on Wednesday.Nepal Police Club (NPC) claimed five gold medals on the opening day of the second Sunil Lal Joshi Nepal’s Strongest Weightlifting Championships on Wednesday.
Tara Devi Pun claimed NPC’s first gold medal winning the women’s 75kg gold with a total lift of 166 kg. Pun snatched 71 kg and lifted 95kg in clean and jerk. Asmita Rai of Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) was a distant second lifting 50 in snatch and 62 in clean and jerk for a total of 112kg. Another NPC lifter Sudha Thapa took bronze lifting 47kg in snatch and 52kg in clean and jerk.
Vidhya Rai of Nepal Byayam Mandir was the lone participant in the junior category in 75kg. Rai had a total lift of 102 kg—40 in snatch and 62 in clean and jerk. In the women’s 48kg, Sangita Rai gave another gold to NPC lifting 120kg. She snatched 53kg and had a clean and jerk lift of 67kg. Rita Gurung of TAC was second with 45 in snatch and 53 in clean and jerk for a total of 98kg.
In the junior 48kg category, Karina Chaudhary lifted 100kg - 45kg in snatch and 55kg in clean and jerk - to claim gold. Pallavi Kumari Chaudhary of Divine Physical Fitness fell 23kg short after she lifted 35kg in snatch and 42kg in clean and jerk.
Devi Kumari Chaudhary was another NPC gold winner who triumphed in the women’s 53kg lifting 140kg. She lifted 65kg in snatch and 75 in clean and jerk. Manisha Ranabhat of TAC took silver lifting 120kg - 50 in snatch and 70 in clean and jerk. Sanju Chaudhary of Banke finished first in the junior category lifting 68kg in snatch and 85kg in clean and jerk for a total lift of 153kg.
Kamala Shrestha of TAC was the lone participant in the women’s 58kg. She lifted 140kg in total - 65kg in snatch and 75kg in clean and jerk. Kabita Chaudhary of Banke won the junior category gold totalling 98kg. Sharada Chaudhary gave TAC the second gold lifting 60kg in snatch and 65kg in clean and jerk for a total of 125kg.Laxmi Thapa came up with another gold medal for NPC winning the women’s 69kg gold. She had a total lift of 153kg - 67kg in snatch and 86kg in clean and jerk. Janaki Budha took silver with a total lift of 124kg. Puja Kumal of Chitwan won the junior category lifting 85kg.
Laxmi Ban of NPC also took 75kg gold with a total lift of 138kg. She got the better of Man Kumar Kumal of TAC who lifted 133kg. In the men’s events, Tualaram Mahato of TAC beat his clubmate Santosh Thapaliya in 56kg category. Mahato lifted 187kg - 87 in snatch and 100kg in clean and jerk, while Thapaliya had a total lift of 161kg. Lal Babu Paswan (166kg) of Nepal Armed Police Force Club took gold in the junior category.