Manipur's Soniya clinches gold in Sr National Weightlifting

Soniya lifted 176kg to clinch gold in total weight. She also won gold in both snatch (77kg) and clean and jerk (99kg).

Another Manipuri, Mirabai Chanu won a bronze in snatch (68kg), silver in clean and jerk (86kg) and another silver in total lift (154kg).

Amandeep Kaur of Punjab bagged a silver on snatch (70kg) and a bronze in total lift (151kg) while Meera Fakade of Maharashtra won a bronze in clean and jerk (81kg).

In men's 56kg class, V S Rao of Services swept the competition with three gold, one each in snatch (109kg), clean and jerk (137kg) and total lift (246kg).

K Ramana of Railways clinched a bronze in snatch (103kg), a silver each in clean and jerk (130kg) and total lift (233kg).

K Kannudaiyar of Gujarat won bronze each in clean and jerk (125kg) and total lift (225kg). Sukhen Dey of Bengal bagged a silver in snatch (103kg).