Khelo: Maha dominate lifting arena as national marks tumble

Maharashtradominated the first day of the weightlifting competitions at the Khelo India Youth Games 2019, winning three of the four gold medals at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex here Wednesday.

The hosts added a silver and a bronze as well to their tally while Odisha picked up one gold and one silver medal.

Tamil Nadu ended the day with one silver through famed lifter Satish Sivalingam's young cousin T Madhavan and a bronze. Arunachal Pradesh had two bronze medals and Chhattisgarh clinched one silver, a media release said.

Meanwhile, records tumbled during the day.

Maharashtra's Shubham Kolekar, who won the National Youth championship a fortnight ago, improved his own clean and jerk record by 1kg, lifting 139 kg after ensuring the he would walk home with the 55kg junior gold ahead of Muna Nayak (Odisha).

In the men's U-17 55kg category Maharashtra's Abhishek Mahajan dominated proceedings to claim the gold, followed by Subhash Lahre (Chhattisgarh) and Golom Tinku ...