Jagdish Vishwakarma beat again the problem of Harshad Wadekar to clinch gold in the senior National weightlifting championships in Nagercoil on Thursday.
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Services’ Jagdish Vishwakarma remained calm underneath strain to say the senior men’s 96kg gold with a complete of 335kg, three kg forward of RSPB’s Harshad Wadekar, in the National weightlifting championships right here on Thursday.
The 25-year-old, coaching with the Army Sports Institute (Pune) completed first in snatch (149kg) forward of Harshad (146), however in clear & jerk, though each had an an identical raise of 186kg, Harshad emerged the winner for having cleared it first.
In snatch, Jagdish appeared good in all three makes an attempt. His method was excellent in the first, and in the second, he went two steps backward after the completion of the raise. In the third, he virtually did the identical. Harshad cleared 146kg earlier than twice failing to clear 150.
In clear & jerk, Harshad was excellent in his first two lifts, clearing 180 & 186 earlier than erring on his third try of 193. Jagdish, who then cleared 182 & 186, went for an bold 194 however failed.
“This is my first gold medal at the Senior Nationals. There is not much competition at this level for me. I prepared for one year for the Nationals. I am keen to win a medal at the Commonwealth Championships to be held in Delhi in July 2023,” mentioned Jagdish.
The outcomes: 96kg: Men: Senior: 1. Jagdish Vishwakarma (SSCB) 149, 186, 335; 2. Harshad Wadekar (RSPB) 146, 186, 332; 3. Vaishnav Thakur (Mah) 142, 182, 324.
Junior: 1. Alok Yadav (UP) 126, 179, 305; 2. Rahul (Har) 134, 168, 302; 3. Dilbag Singh (Pun) 133, 165, 298.
Youth: 1. Suvansh Thakur (HP) 125, 151, 276; 2. Ankur Tiware (Mah) 124, 150, 274; 3. N. Narasimha Nayak (AP) 118, 153, 271.