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Indian lifters bag medals

September 15, 2013 03:59 am | Updated June 02, 2016 12:11 pm IST - New Delhi

Indian weightlifters have bagged a rich haul of 25 medals so far in the Asian inter-club championships and Asian Cup at North Korea.

In the Asian inter-club championships, the Indians have won 12 medals (3 silver and 9 bronze) and 13 (9 silver and 4 bronze) in the Asian Cup being held simultaneously.

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The medal winners: Asian Cup :

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Manalisha Sonowal (

Jr. Women 48kg ): silver in snatch and bronze in total; Kopparthi Shireesha (
Jr. Women 58kg ): silver each in snatch, clean and jerk and total; Apurba Chetia
(Jr. Men 56kg) : silver in snatch and bronze each in clean and jerk and total; Achyutananda Sahoo
(Jr. Men 62kg) : silver each in clean and jerk and total; R.V. Rahul
(Jr. Men 77kg) : a silver in snatch and total lift and a bronze in clean and jerk.

Asian Inter-Club Championships : Manalisha Sonowal (Jr. Women 48kg) : silver in snatch and a bronze each in clean and jerk and total lift; Kopparthi Shireesha (Jr. Women 58kg) : a bronze each in snatch and total lift; Apurba Chetia (Jr. Men 56kg ): a bronze each in snatch, clean and jerk and total lift; Achyutananda Sahoo (Jr. Men 62kg) : a silver in clean and jerk and bronze in total lift; R.V. Rahul (Jr. Men 77kg) : a silver in snatch and bronze in total lift.

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