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Odisha weightlifters continued their successful journey by bagging six medals in the 6th Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu 26 to 30 January 2024. The six medals comprised two gold, three silver and one bronze.
All six medal winners are trainees of Odisha Weightlifting High Performance Centre, which is operating at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. They were guided by Olympian and Odisha Weightlifting Association secretary K Ravikumar and other coaches of the HPC.
Among the six Odisha medallists, Jyoshna Sabar not only won the gold medal in womens 40 kg category with a total lift of 130 kg, she also created a new National Record in snatch with an effort of 60 kg. Priteesmita Bhoi captured the silver medal in the same weight category with a total lift of 116 kg.
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Sadananda Bariha pocketed the other gold in mens 61 kg category with a total lift of 282 kg. Mina Santa and Hrudananda Das secured one silver medal each in womens 55 kg and below 81 kg categories respectively, while the lone bronze medal was claimed by Deepak Pradhan in mens 67 kg class.
ODISHA MEDAL WINNERS:
Gold: Jyoshna Sabar, Womens 40kg cat, Snatch 60kg, C&J 70kg, total 130kg (26 January 2024).
Gold: Sadananda Bariha, Mens 61kg category, Snatch 107kg, C&J 135kg, Total 242kg (27 January 2024).
Silver: Priteesmita Bhoi, Womens 40kg cat, Snatch 52kg, C&J 64kg, total 116kg (26 January 2024).
Silver: Mina Santa, Womens 55kg Category, Snatch 75kg, C&J 96kg, Total 171kg (27 January 2024).
Silver: Hrudananda Das, Mens 81kg Category, Snatch 126kg, C&J 156kg, Total 282kg (28 January 2024).
Bronze: Deepak Pradhan, Mens 67kg category, Snatch 108kg, C&J 134kg, Total 242kg (27 January 2024).
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TOP: Odisha lifter Jyoshna Sabar poses with her gold medal at the Khelo India Youth Games in Chennai on 26 January 2024.
RIGHT: Odisha medal winners (L-R) Hrudananda Das, Mina Santa, Jyoshna Sabar, Priteesmita Bhoi, adananda Bariha and Deepak Pradhan pose at the Khelo India Youth Games in Chennai on 30 January 2024.
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