Commonwealth weightlifting | Ajaya Babu clinches second consecutive gold medal

V. Ajaya Babu rode on his superior snatch efficiency to beat Malaysia’s Erry Hidayat by two kg and declare his second consecutive gold medal within the Commonwealth weightlifting championships on the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Naranpura, right here on Thursday.

Ajaya overcame a failed opening try and log 152kg in his remaining snatch effort and set up a two-kg lead over Hidayat earlier than the break. After Hidayat challenged Ajaya in clear and jerk, each ended up recording an an identical 183kg and the Indian claimed the highest honour and a spot within the Commonwealth Games with three data.

Bedabrat Bharali carried out beautifully to mixture 326kg and clinch the lads’s 79kg junior title. Juhitha Guna (168kg) received the ladies’s 69kg youth crown.

The outcomes: Senior: Men: 79kg: 1. V. Ajaya Babu snatch 152kg, clear and jerk 183kg, complete 335kg, 2. Erry Hidayat (Mas) 150kg, 183kg, 333kg, 3. Adedapo Poadeji (Ngr) 141kg, 165kg, 306kg.

Women: 69kg: 1. Islamiyat Yusuf (Ngr) 105kg, 131kg, 236kg, 2. Olivia Selemaia (Nzl) 100kg, 123kg, 223kg, 3. Harjinder Kaur 99kg, 123kg, 222kg; 77kg: 1. Sarah Matthew (Ngr) 108kg, 128kg, 236kg, 2. Seine Stowers (Sam) 102kg, 127kg, 229kg, 3. Rosalie Dumas (Can) 101kg, 123kg, 224kg, 8. Harmanpreet Kaur 89kg, 116kg, 205kg.