Weightlifter Bedabrat Bharali bags second gold for India

Greater Noida

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India’s Bedabrat Bharali won the country’s second gold medal, emerging on top of the podium in the men’s 67kg category on the fourth day of the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships here today. Bharali lifted 124kg in snatch and 149kg in clean and jerk for a total of 273kg in the youth men’s category.

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