Jeremy Lalrinnunga bags silver in snatch, fails to complete event

India’s Commonwealth Games gold medallist Jeremy Lalrinnunga bagged a silver in snatch at the Asian Weightlifting Championships underway in South Korea’s Jinju.

He brought home a silver medal in the snatch event with a personal best-equalling lift of 141kg in the non-Olympic 67kg weight class.

But returning from a thigh injury, the lifter failed to lift the weight in three clean and jerk attempts, becoming the only lifter out of 12 present who did not finish (DNF) his event.

Jeremy was unable to lift 165kg in his first two clean and jerk attempts. He then increased the weight to 168kg, which would have been 2kg more than his personal best, but the reigning Youth Olympic champion faltered again.

At the medal ceremony, as the lifter stood on the podium, one could see the disappointment on the Indian's face.

China's He Yueji 320kg (147kg+173kg) finished with the gold, while local favourite Lee Sangyeon 314kg (139kg+175kg) and Uzbek lifter Ergashev Adkhamjon 312kg (138kg+174kg) took home the silver and bronze medals respectively.

On Saturday, Bindyarani Devi had opened India's medal count by winning silver in the women's 55kg event.