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SSCB men, Manipur women dominate National Games weightlifting

The Services Sports Control Board men and Manipur women dominated the weightlifting events winning gold medals in different categories of the 34th National Games at Tata Auditorium here on Wednesday.

Jamshedpur: The Services Sports Control Board men and Manipur women dominated the weightlifting events
winning gold medals in different categories of the 34th National Games at Tata Auditorium here on Wednesday. Continuing his winning streak on the second day, CWG gold medalist K Ravi Kumar of the SSCB set a new Games record in Clean and Jerk in the 69kg event. Ravi Kumar lifted a total of 286kg. He also topped the chart with a 120kg lift in the snatch. Pasam Rambabu, a gold medalist in the Inter-state weightlifting championship held in Udaipur, finished second with a total lift of 263kg. The other competitor Gaurav Dubey of Uttar Pradesh did not turn up for the competition as he failed to meet the required weight. Earlier, S Deva Kumar of SSCB made a National Games record in the 56kg category, lifting 122 kg in snatch moments after N Sunil Kumar of Tamil Nadu lifted 121kg in the same event yesterday. The previous record was held by M Arun of Tamil Nadu, who had lifted 120kg in snatch at Imphal in February, 1999. In the women`s 58kg competition, M Sunibala Devi (Manipur) clinched the gold with a total lift of 180kg including snatch 78kg and clean and jerk 102kg. Sunibala Devi was closely followed by host Jharkhand`s Premeshori Devi, who lifted 80kg in snatch and 99kg in clean and jerk to accumulate total 179kg. Karnataka`s Chandra Shouri D, with a total lift of 176kg, stood third. She lifted 79kg in snatch and 97kg in clean and jerk. Manipur girls H Shaya Devi won the gold in 53kg category while her teammate Kh. Sanjita Chanu bagged the silver in the 48kg category. PTI