GUWAHATI: Assam's golden boy and star weightlifter Bedabrat Bharali has brought laurels to India and his home state of Assam by winning two gold medals and one bronze in the ongoing Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship held in Fiji.
The teenage weightlifter won two gold medals in the 73kg youth and junior category and bagged one bronze in the senior group. He also lifted 136kg in snatch and 164kg in clean and jerk.
Over 200 lifters from 25 countries are participating in the Commonwealth Championship which kicked-off on 16th September and is set to conclude on September 21.
Meanwhile, earlier in May this year, Bedabrat Bharali grabbed the gold medal in the men’s 73kg at the IWF World Youth Championships in Lima, Peru.
The 17-year-old prodigy stood apart from the rest as he finished 12kg clear of his competitors with a total lift of 296kg (136 in snatch and 160 in clean and jerk).
Bharali’s lift was 12kg more than what silver medallist Ryan McDonald of the United States lifted, and 13kg more than what Ukrainian Serhii Kotelevskyi managed.
By doing so, he became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the Weightlifting Youth World Championships.
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