Jhilli Dalabehera fetches gold at Asian Weightlifting Championship

India’s Jhilli Dalabehera clinched the gold medal within the 45kg class in a severely depleted two-lifter area on the Asian Weightlifting Championship on Sunday.
Jhilli, a junior world championship bronze medallist, lifted 69kg within the snatch and adopted that up by 88kg in clear jerk for a complete of 157kg to complete on high of the rostrum in all three classes of the gold stage Olympic qualifier occasion which was postponed final yr as a result of pandemic.

Congratulations Dalabehera Jhilli in your #Gold🥇on the 2020 ASIAN WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Qualification Event for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games) Tashkent, Uzbekistan.So happy to see you reaching nice accomplishments💯 pic.twitter.com/ar3vMqZL36
— Jeremy Lalrinnunga (@raltejeremy) April 18, 2021
However, 45kg just isn’t a Olympic weight class.
The silver medal went to Philippines’ Mary Flor Diaz for her effort of 135kg (60kg+75kg).
With the win, Jhilli bettered her silver-winning efficiency within the final version. However, it was an underwhelming efficiency as she had lifted 162kg (71kg+91kg) on the similar occasion in 2019.
Her gold was India’s second medal of the event as star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu smashed the world file within the clear and jerk class enroute a bronze medal on Saturday.
The Olympic-bound Chanu lifted 86kg in snatch and a world file of 119kg in clear and jerk for a complete of 205kg, which was additionally her private greatest.