Imphal, Nov 26: The 44th Men and 20th Women Junior National Weightlifting Championship 2007 was opened today at SAG Hall, Khuman Lampak here.
The championship is being participated by 237 lifters from 23 states.
In the Women's 48 kg category competition today, M Shivarani of Andhra Pradesh bagged gold with a total lift of 147 kg.
B Usha of Andhra Pradesh and L Herosana of Manipur took silver and bronze with total lifts of 139 and 134 kg respectively.
The opening ceremony of the championship was graced by Chairman of the Manipur Pollution Control Board E Dwijamani as chief guest and president of the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Harbhajan Singh as president.
Manipur is fielding 22 lifters in the competition.
Source: The Sanghai Express
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