Lifters’ dismal show continues at World meet

India’s dismal performance continued on the third day of the World Weightlifting Championships in Vancouver, Canada when Nandini Devi and Sanamacha Chanu finished outside the medal bracket in the women’s 53kg category.

Nandini lifted a total of 200kg (90 in snatch and 110 in clean and jerk) to finish sixth while Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sanamacha Chanu finished seventh clearing 190kg in a field of 30 lifters.

The 27-year-old Nandini began the snatch clearing 85kg and progressed to 90 after her third and last attempt. Chanu cleared a modest 77.5kg in her first snatch before improving it by another five kilos over her next two attempts. In clean and jerk she began with 102.5kg before ending at 107.5kg.