Khelo India Youth Games: Megha Aher, Jyoshna Sabar Set National Records in Weightlifting

Maharashtra weightlifter Megha Aher produced a National record in clean and jerk with a lift of 85kg to win the gold medal in the girl’s 45kg at the Khelo India Youth Games here on Friday.

The Manmad-based Megha had a total lift of 148kg. R Bhavani also improved on Soumya Dalvi’s earlier record with a lift of 84kg in clean and jerk en route to the silver.

Bhavani had an aggregate of 147kg.

Haryana’s Payal, who was once leading both Megha and Bhavani by four kgs after snatch, took the bronze with a total of 145 kg.

Earlier, Jyoshna Sabar of Odisha created a National record in snatch in the 40kg category en route to the gold.

She lifted a total of 130kg, including 60kg in snatch and 70kg in clean and jerk.

Her state-mate Priteesmita Bhoi finished second with a total of 116kg, while Andhra Pradesh’s B Neeraja took the bronze with a total of 114 kg lift. Table-toppers Maharashtra also grabbed the 10m air rifle mixed team gold following an impressive performance from Isha Taksale and Parth Mane, taking the state’s gold medal tally to 28.

The Maharashtra duo trounced Disha Dhankar and Arshit Arora of Haryana 16-6 in the final.