Fullapati Chakma and Rajkumar Roy bagged a silver medal each on the opening day of weightlifting discipline at the SRKC hall of Pokhara in Nepal Thursday.
Fullapati won silver in the women’s 55kg weight category lifting a total of 148kg, including 63kg in snatch and 85kg in clean and jerk as Bindiyarani Devi bagged gold with a total lift of 171kg.
Rajkumar clinched silver in the men's 55kg category lifting a total of 184kg, including 80kg in snatch and 104kg in clean and jerk.
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Sri Lankan weightlifter notched gold with 235kg.
Mostain Bella and Molla Shabira sealed bronze in the men’s 61kg and women's 49kg event respectively.
Mostain lifted a total of 235kg and Shabira 130kg.
