Mirabai Chanu defeats Sanjita Chanu for gold

Mirabai Chanu with her gold medal at the National Games

Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu expectedly won the gold medal with a total lift of 191 kgs in the women's 49kg weightlifting competition at the 36th National Games here on Friday. Mirabai walked away with the title after lifting 84kg in snatch and 107 kgs in clean & jerk.

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Sanjita Chanu settled for the silver medal with a total lift of 187 kgs (Snatch 82kg, C&J 105kg), while Odisha's Sneha Soren picked up the bronze after totalling 169kg (Snatch 73kg, C&J 96kg) at the Mahatma Mandir here.

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