Gandhinagar, May 13 (PTI) India’s Gyaneshwari Yadav bagged a double by winning silver and bronze medals in the 53kg category at the 2026 Asian Senior Weightlifting Championships here on Wednesday.
Gyaneshwari won a silver in the snatch section and then an overall bronze medal in the event with a combined lift of 194kg.
The gold medal in the category was claimed by Jinlan Zhao of China with a total lift of 216kg, while the silver went to Vietnam’s Hoai Huong Nguyen with a total of 195kg.
Komal Kohar had opened India’s medal count, winning a bronze in the women’s 48kg on Monday.
The championships, which started on Monday at the Mahatma Mandir & Exhibition Centre here features 178 lifters from 28 Asian nations and two Commonwealth countries and serves as a qualifying event for the 2026 Commonwealth Games. PTI SSC SSC AM AM
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