After Rich Asiad Haul, India바카라�s Youth Weightlifters Eye Commonwealth Games 2026 Qualification

India바카라�s youth (13-17 years) weightlifters finished with 21 medals at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships 2024 in Doha, including seven gold

Updated on: 28 December 2024 5:47 pm

Indian lifters at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships 2024 in Doha. Photo: IWF

India바카라�s medal-bagging athletes are aiming to reach higher levels in the New Year after their impressive show at the December 19-25 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships 2024 in Doha. Overall, India claimed 33 medals across youth and junior categories. (More Sports News)

The next target for the lifters is Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026 qualification and national weightlifting coach and Olympian 바카라�s mentor Vijay Sharma says the Doha performance was promising and signals 바카라�a bright future for India.바카라�

The weightlifting competition in Qatar featured 40 categories 바카라� 20 each in youth and junior levels. Medals were awarded for snatch, clean and jerk and overall sections in each of the 40 categories.

India바카라�s youth (13-17 years) lifters secured 21 medals, including seven gold. The juniors (15-20 years) finished with 12 medals.

Uttar Pradesh바카라�s 16-year-old Jyoshna Sabar was among the standout performers in Doha. She created an Asian record in the women바카라�s youth 40kg class with a combined lift of 135 kg. This reiterated Sharma바카라�s thoughts that 바카라�India바카라�s women had greater prospects of winning international medals.바카라�

Out of the 24 men and women who represented India at Doha, 22 were Khelo India athletes. The entire squad trained at one of the three centres at Sports Authority of India (SAI)바카라�s National Centres of Excellence (NCoEs) NIS Patiala, Imphal and Aurangabad.

Alakesh Baruah, the high performance manager for weightlifting at NIS Patiala, said: 바카라�Having so many youth athletes will only help in the long run. These kids hold great promise for the world junior and senior competitions.바카라�

Baruah said the medals in Doha were due to a 바카라�long process (of training) and support from SAI and the Indian Weightlifting Federation.바카라� He added: 바카라�In June, we held trials at NIS Patiala for multiple international competitions like the junior worlds, Asian championships, as well as the Asian youth and junior championships. This is how we selected the team, under the guidance of Dronacharya Award-winning coach (Vijay) Sharma.바카라�

Speaking on her upcoming plans, Maibam Martina Devi, silver medallist in the women's junior +87kg category at the 2024 Asian meet, told SAI Media, 바카라�Come 2025, our trials start for Commonwealth Games 2026 qualification. Ahmedabad will host the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships, which will be the qualifier event. I also will participate at the National Games in Uttarakhand. So, I have to keep performing well.바카라�

Among the men, Sairaj Pardeshi, a camper of NIS Patiala, created a new national record in the overall lift, as he lifted 310kg (139kg snatch + 171kg clean and jerk) in the 81kg men바카라�s youth category.

Sairaj, who will complete one year at NIS Patiala in January 2025, credited the impact of training at SAI centres on his fledgling career.

바카라�It was in 2018 that I started weightlifting in Maharashtra when I was 12 years old. I trained there until the Covid lockdown and then in 2021, got inducted at Aurangabad. Earlier this year, I joined NIS Patiala. The SAI centres have contributed a lot to my career in terms of discipline, diet, coaches and many more aspects,바카라� he said.

바카라�The scholarship money we get from the Khelo India scheme helps in me getting the protein supplements, besides other benefits. In the 2024 Youth World Championships, I lost a medal by a margin of 1kg, but now, I am happy to have bagged the gold in the Asian competition on my debut appearance,바카라� Sairaj Pardeshi added.