The two bronze medals of the day were bagged by Maganti Keerthi and Swetalina Nayak in 76kg senior and 81kg junior category respectively. A second year BCom student of KIIT University, Keerthi lifted 79kg in snatch and 95kg in clean & jerk for a total of 174kg.

Swetalina finished third in her weight category with a total lift of 163kg. A trainee of Bhubaneswar-based Odisha Weightlifting High Performance Centre, Swetalina lifted 74kg in snatch and 89kg in clean & jerk.

With the three medals today, the total number of medals for Odisha increased to seven. The seven medals include four silver and three bronze. Earlier Jyoshna Sabar, Sneha Soren and Mina Santa (A) won one silver each, while Rima Bhoi secured one bronze.
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TOP: Odisha lifters Monali Sahoo (Left) and Maganti Keerthi display their medals in the Khelo India Women National Ranking Weightlifting Tournament (Phase-2) at Modinagar, Ghaziabad on 31 October 2022.

RIGHT: Odisha lifter Swetalina Nayak poses with her bronze medal in the Khelo India Women National Ranking Weightlifting Tournament (Phase-2) at Modinagar, Ghaziabad on 31 October 2022.