Correct Answer : Option (B) - Bindyarani Devi
India’s Bindyarani Devi clinched a silver medal in the women’s 55kg category at the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Jinju, South Korea on Saturday (6th May 2023).
* Sorokhaibam Bindyarani Devi registered a combined lift of 194kg (83kg in snatch and 111kg in clean & jerk) to finish second on the podium.
* The Commonwealth Games 2022 medallist began with a snatch of 80kg. In the second attempt she registered a lift of 83kg. In the final attempt she lifted 85kg but it was declared a no lift.
* In the clean & jerk, the 24-year-old Bindyarani Devi started with a successful lift of 109kg and then went for 111kg in her second attempt. Her third attempt of 115kg was declared a no lift.
* The lift of 111kg was enough for Bindyarani Devi to bag the silver medal in the clean & jerk section as well. At the Asian and world championships, medals are awarded for total lifts as well as the snatch and clean and jerk sections.
* Bindyarani Devi, who competed in the 59kg division at the 2022 World Championships, moved back to the non-Olympic 55kg division for the Asian meet.
* China’s Chen Guan Ling won the gold medal with a combined lift of 204kg (snatch 90kg + clean & jerk 114kg) while the bronze went to Vietnam’s Vo Thi Quynh Nhu, who logged a total lift of 192kg (snatch 88kg + clean & jerk 104kg)
* Meanwhile in the men’s 61kg category Group B, Shubham Todkar lifted a combined weight of 263kg (snatch 116kg and clean & jerk 147kg) to finish sixth among nine competitors..
Source : Olympics
