Commonwealth Championships: Purnima lifts gold

Tashkent, December 16

Indian weightlifter Purnima Pandey won gold in the women’s 87kg category at the Commonwealth Championships here today.

Purnima lifted 229kg (102kg 127kg) and directly qualified for the Commonwealth Games next year.

Lovepreet Singh lifted 348kg (161kg 187kg) to win silver in the men’s 109kg event. In the women’s 87kg event, Anuradha Pavunraj bagged the bronze medal with a total effort of 195kg (90kg 105kg). — PTI

Swimmer Sajan best Indian performer

abu dhabi: Indian swimmers Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj and Kushagra Rawat were the best Indian performers at the FINA short course World Championships here today.

All three swimmers best marks in their respective categories. Prakash improved on his time, clocking 1:52.10 in the men’s 200m butterfly event. The two-time Olympian finished a creditable 10th in the overall heats but was unable to progress to the finals. Nataraj clocked 52.81s in the men’s 100m backstroke event. He finished 28th overall in the heats, failing to advance to the semifinals. Delhi swimmer Rawat, who had a superb national meet in October, clocked 3:49.04 in the men’s 400m freestyle event. PTI