WEIGHTLIFTING
Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships: India’s Martina Devi clinches silver
Indian lifter Martina Devi clinched a silver medal within the ladies’s junior +87kg class on the Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships right here on Wednesday.
The 18-year-old from Manipur lifted a complete of 225kg (96kg+129kg) to complete second within the three-lifter area. She additionally gained a silver medal for her clear and jerk effort and a bronze for her snatch.
The efficiency was, nevertheless, removed from Devi’s private finest. {The teenager} had lifted a nationwide junior record-breaking 101kg in snatch and 136kg in clear and jerk on the junior world championships earlier this 12 months.
Medals are awarded individually for snatch, clear and jerk, and whole elevate in continental, World Cups and World Championships.
– PTI
EQUESTRIAN
Junior Nationwide Equestrian Championship: Anupati, Raju emerge winners

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Younger riders Anupati Navyashree Sai and Raju Singh emerged the very best performers within the present leaping and dressage classes respectively.
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REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Younger riders Anupati Navyashree Sai and Raju Singh emerged the very best performers within the present leaping and dressage classes respectively.
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Younger riders Anupati Navyashree Sai and Raju Singh emerged the very best performers within the present leaping and dressage classes respectively on the concluding day of the primary half of Junior Nationwide Equestrian Championships.
Within the younger rider class, Anupati, who was astride Abra ka Dabra, secured 32.60 marks with out conceding any penalty within the showjumping two-phase occasion on Tuesday.
She completed forward of Avik Bhatia, Geetika Tikkishetty, and Monu Kumar to be adjudged the very best in her occasion.
In dressage freestyle, Raju, who rode Louk, did extraordinarily effectively in his occasion, securing 65.18 marks. It was a really aggressive occasion wherein Javeer Verma, Geetika and Navyasjree ran him shut.
Within the kids dressage class, Subh Chowdhri, astride Furstentanz, trumped the problem of Pranav Deepak, Punnet Jakhar and Jaiwant Nawle whereas within the kids present leaping occasion, Mogil Anbu pipped Divyaraj Singh Rathore, Sresh Raju Mantena and Eera Shree Harsha to emerge winner.
Including to the accolades within the kids I class, Jaiveer Singh Nagra was awarded the very best rider title for his distinctive performances all through the competitors, cementing his place as one of many brightest younger skills in Indian equestrian sports activities.
Sahil, astride Sweet, logged 93.5 factors to emerge winner within the general particular person tent pegging occasion, ending forward of Mohammad Alhamad Chishty (80), Shahrukh Khan (79) and Adeel Ahkter (76).
The motion will subsequent resume on December 27 with junior (age group 14-18) and kids II (age group 10-12) class occasions.
– PTI