National Games | Bindyarani breaks Mirabai’s 55kg snatch record
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Bindyarani breaks Mirabai’s 55kg snatch record
S. Bindyarani Devi broke former Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu’s snatch National record while winning the National Games women’s 55kg weightlifting gold at the Maharana Pratap Sports Complex here on Friday.
After fumbling with her opening effort (83kg), the 26-year-old from Manipur successfully lifted 88kg to better Mirabai’s record which came in 2022 in a Singapore meet.
“I already hold the clean and jerk National record, my goal was to get the snatch record here,” said Bindyarani who lifted 113kg in clean and jerk for a gold-winning total of 201kg. “I’ve been lifting 91kg in snatch in training.”
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