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CWG 2022: Weightlifter Purnima Pandey finishes sixth in +87kg event

CWG 2022: Weightlifter Purnima Pandey finishes sixth in +87kg event

CWG 2022: Weightlifter Purnima Pandey finishes sixth in +87kg event: Indian weightlifter Purnima Pandey finished a disappointing sixth in the women’s +87kg event at the Commonwealth Games here on Wednesday. Follow CWG 2022 Live updates on InsideSport.IN Pandey managed just two lifts, which is the bare minimum required to register a total, for an aggregate of […]

CWG 2022: Weightlifter Purnima Pandey finishes sixth in +87kg event: Indian weightlifter Purnima Pandey finished a disappointing sixth in the women’s +87kg event at the Commonwealth Games here on Wednesday. Follow CWG 2022 Live updates on InsideSport.IN

Pandey managed just two lifts, which is the bare minimum required to register a total, for an aggregate of 228kg (103kg+ 125kg) at the NEC here.

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CWG 2022: Weightlifter Purnima Pandey finishes sixth in +87kg event

In her last two clean and jerk attempts of 133kg, the barbell slipped out of her hands before she could complete ‘clean’.

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Local favourite Emily Campbell smashed the Games record in snatch and total lift as she heaved 286kg (124kg+162kg) to take home the gold medal.

She also created a Commonwealth record in clean and jerk and total lift.

Samoa’s Feagaiga Stowers 268kg (121kg+147kg) clinched the silver while Australian Charisma Amoe Tarrant walked away with a bronze after lifting 239kg (100kg+139kg).

Indian weightlifters have won nine medals in this edition, including three golds.

CWG 2022: Weightlifter Purnima Pandey finishes sixth in +87kg event

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