Chanu, Lalrinnunga best lifters

Kolkata, February 7

Chandrakant Mali of Services smashed three records to take the concluding day honours even as Railways reigned supreme, grabbing both the men’s and women’s trophies at the National Weightlifting Championships.

Former world champion Mirabai Chanu, who had shattered three records to win the women’s 49kg title, was adjudged the Best Senior Woman’s Lifter with 865.796 Robi points. Youth Olympics champion Jeremy Lalrinnunga, who created a record in clean and jerk on way to winning the men’s 67kg for Services, became the Best Senior Men’s Lifter with 658.962 Robi points. Robi Points is the official IWF calculation method to compare an individual athlete’s total results across each of the weight categories. Mali, 32, hoisted a total of 330kg, thereby improving the previous mark of Ankit Chhoker (Railways) by 6kg. Mali lifted 149kg in snatch, bettering Chhoker’s record by 1kg, while he was at his best in clean and jerk, in which he improved the record by 5kg with his effort of 181kg. Chhoker finished second with a total lift of 316kg.

Indian Railways won both the men’s and women’s titles, accumulating 246 and 232 points, respectively. — PTI

RESULTS

Men: 109kg: Chandrakant Mali (SSCB) (149 181=330); Ankit Chhoker (RSPB) (144 172=316); VA Christopher (RSPB) (140 176=316)

109kg: Gurdeep Singh (RSPB) (162 205=367); Vipan Kumar (SSCB) (158 205=363); Jaspreet Singh (AIPSCB) (156 185=341)