Correct Answer : Option (B) - 16 Medals
Indian weightlifter Purnima Pandey won the gold medal in the +87kg women’s category at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2021 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Friday(18th Dec 2021).
The 22-year-old Purnima Pandey became the first Indian woman from this edition to qualify directly for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
India concluded the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2021 with 16 medals – 4 Gold, 7 Silver, and 5 Bronze, held at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Bindyarani Devi was India’s only medallist at the World Weightlifting Championships 2021, that was also held parallelly at Tashkent.
India's Medal Winners :
Gold medal
* Jeremy Lalrinnunga (67kg) (Men)
* Achinta Sheuli (73kg) (Men)
* Ajay Singh (81kg) (Men)
* Purnima Pandey (+87kg) (Women)
Silver medal
* Guru Raja (61kg) (Men)
* Lovepreet Singh (109kg) (Men)
* Jhili Dalabehera (49kg) (Women)
* S Bindyarani Devi (55kg) (Women)
* Hazarika Popy (59kg) (Women)
* Harjinder Kaur (71kg) (Women)
* Punam Yadav (76kg) (Women)
Bronze medal
* Vikas Thakur (96kg) (Men)
* Gurdeep Singh (+109kg) (Men)
* Lalchhanhimi (71kg) (Women)
* R Arockiya Alish (76kg) (Women)
* Anuradha Pavunraj (87kg) (Women)
