{"id":445077,"date":"2026-05-16T17:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/445077\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T17:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:54:07","slug":"asian-weightlifting-championships-2026-sanjana-wins-three-bronze-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/445077\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026: Sanjana wins three bronze medals"},"content":{"rendered":"

India continued their medal streak at the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026<\/a> as Sanjana clinched bronze in three events in the women\u2019s 77kg category in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old Indian weightlifter<\/a> lifted a combined total of 220kg (96kg snatch + 124kg clean and jerk) to finish third overall. Her efforts also earned her bronze medals in both the snatch, and clean and jerk sections.<\/p>\n

At the Asian Weightlifting Championships, separate medals are awarded for the snatch and clean and jerk disciplines in addition to the medals for the overall total.<\/p>\n

Sanjana opened with a successful 93kg lift in the snatch. She failed to clear 96kg on her second attempt but recovered to complete the same weight with her final lift.<\/p>\n

In the clean and jerk, Sanjana successfully lifted 117kg on her opening attempt. After failing at 122kg on her second attempt, she returned to clear 124kg on her third attempt.<\/p>\n

Two-time world champion Liao Guifang of the People\u2019s Republic of China won the gold medal with a total lift of 265kg (118kg+147kg), while the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea\u2019s Kyong Ryong Kim claimed silver with 260kg (117kg+143kg).<\/p>\n

India also came close to another podium finish in the women\u2019s 86kg event through Vanshita Verma.<\/p>\n

Vanshita finished fourth overall with a total lift of 220kg (95kg+125kg). She placed fourth in the snatch and clean and jerk standings as well, narrowly missing out on medals in all three categories.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s medal tally in Gandhinagar now includes podium finishes from Komal Kohar, Gyaneshwari Yadav, Ajith Narayana, Harjinder Kaur and Sanjana.<\/p>\n

Komal Kohar, competing in place of injured Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu<\/a>, had opened India\u2019s account with a couple of bronze medals in the women\u2019s 48kg event in the overall and clean and jerk sections.<\/p>\n

Gyaneshwari Yadav followed with an overall bronze and snatch silver in the women\u2019s 53kg category, while Ajith Narayana won bronze medals in the overall and clean and jerk standings of the men\u2019s 71kg event.<\/p>\n

Harjinder Kaur added a snatch bronze in the women\u2019s 69kg category on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026 is being held in India for only the second time. New Delhi previously hosted the continental event in 1982.<\/p>\n

A 16-member Indian team is competing at the championships in Gandhinagar, which conclude on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India continued their medal streak at the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026 as Sanjana clinched bronze in three events…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-445077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}