IWF Junior World Championships: Harshada Sharad Garud first Indian to win gold at Junior World Weightlifting Championship- Harshada Sharad Garud scripted history on Monday to become the first Indian to win a gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championships 2022. She lifted 153-kg in the 45-kg weight category, which includes 70kg in Snatch and 83 kg in Clean and Jerk to finish on top of the podium. Follow InsideSport.IN For more updates
#First GOLD 🥇for India 🇮🇳 at IWF World Junior #Weightlifting Championships 2022
Harshada Garud Sharad bagged GOLD medal in Women’s 45kg category 🏋♀️
Congratulations, young champion! You’ve made us all proud! 😍#JeetKaJazba pic.twitter.com/MLHsABky4v
— Dept of Sports MYAS (@IndiaSports) May 2, 2022
IWF Junior World Championships: Harshada Sharad Garud first Indian to win gold at Junior World Weightlifting Championship
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Harshada Sharad Garud left eight competitors behind as India bagged a medal on the opening day of the competition. Turkey’s Bektas Cansu bagged the silver medal while Moldova’s Teodora-Luminita Hincu won the bronze medal.
Meet the first podium of the 2022 IWF Junior World Championships! It was fantastic to watch the W45kg Group A in Heraklion, Greece. Congratulations to the winners!🏋🏻♀️🇬🇷
🥇Sharad Garud Harshada (IND)
🥈Cansu Bektas (TUR)
🥉Teodora-Luminita Hincu (MDA) pic.twitter.com/vW1azofbNv— IWF (@iwfnet) May 2, 2022
The other Indian in the same weight category, Anjali Patel finished fifth with a total effort of 148 Kg which includes 67 Kg in snatch and 81 Kg in clean and jerk.
Before Harshada Sharad Garud there are only two Indians to win a medal in IWF Junior World Championships. Mirabai Chanu had won a bronze in 2013 and Achinta Sheuli won a silver medal last year.
IWF Junior World Championships: Harshada Sharad Garud first Indian to win gold at Junior World Weightlifting Championship
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