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Indian lifters worth their weight in gold

Bharati Singh erased two Commonwealth records as she lifted the gold in the over 75kg class to give India its seventh gold.

India finished second in the women's team event of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship at Melbourne last night.

Bharati Singh won the gold with a total lift of 212.5kg. She lifted 97.5kg in the snatch and 115kg in the jerk, in the process setting up two new meet records.

In the 75kg category, Romi Devi missed all her three attempts in the snatch, but managed to take the first place in the clean-and-jerk. She, however, failed to win any medal.

According to information received here, India won seven golds -- six of them claimed by women -- and a silver in the championship.

The gold medal winners are: N Kunjarani Devi (48kg), Nandini Devi (53kg), Krishna Kumari (58kg), Karnam Malleswari (63kg), Neelam Lakshmi (69kg), Bharati Singh (over 75 kg) and in the men's section, T Muthu (56kg).

The lone silver was claimed by T M Sunderaswaran (56kg).

UNI