Jeremy Lalrinnunga sets national record enroute to Senior National Weightlifting Championships gold

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Jeremy Lalrinnunga, the young Olympic champion, added another feather to his cap as he won the men’s 67kg category title at the 72nd men’s and 35th women’s senior weightlifting championships on Monday with a national record in clean and jerk.

Jeremy Lalrinnunga, who hails from Mizoram, heaved 132 kg after two failed attempts at snatch but did his best in clean and jerk to win the title with a total weight of 167 kg to 299 kg. This effort, however, falls far short of his personal best of 306 kg which he made during the Qatar International Cup 2019 in December last year.Jeremy-Lalrinnunga-sets-national-record

Youth Olympic gold medalist weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga won the silver medal in the sixth Qatar International Cup with a record-breaking performance in the men’s 67 kg category. The seventeen-year-old lifter broke the young world and Asian records by lifting 140 in the snatch, 166 in clean and jerk and a total weight of 306 kg.

Jeremy Lalrinnunga has a total of 27 records, including national and international records, to his name. He has 12 international and 15 national records, including three youth world, three youth Asian and six Commonwealth records.jeremy-lalrinnunga-weightlifter

Earlier, in the Asian Championship, he heaved a total of 297 kg to break the youth world and Asian records. At the same time, Jeremy had achieved the tenth position by lifting 296 kg in the World Championship last year.

The players of Maharashtra broke many big records and showcased the power of the players of Maharashtra on the first day of this national tournament. First Shubham Kolekar broke two national records and achieved gold in the 61 kg category. Shubham lifted a total of 272 kg with 157 kg clean and jerk in his third attempt, breaking two national records. In this championship, Sanket Sagar of Maharashtra also set three national records. He lifted 108 kg in snatch and 135 kg in clean and jerk in 55 kg category and clinch the yellow metal.