In Weightlifting, India’s Gyaneshwari Yadav bagged two medals, a silver and a bronze at the Asian Senior Championships in Gandhinagar today. Gyaneshwari won a silver in the snatch section in the 53kg category 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 began on Monday at the Mahatma Mandir & Exhibition Centre, features 178 lifters from 28 Asian nations and two Commonwealth countries and serves as a qualifying event for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
