Manipur lad wins silver at IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championships

Imphal, March 27 (EMN): A 17-year-old boy from Manipur N Tomchou Meetei from Ngairangbam awang Manang Leikai won a silver medal at the ongoing IWF Youth Men and Women World Weightlifting Championships 2023 at Durres, Albania on Sunday.

Tomchou Meetei won a bronze medal in snatch and silver medal clean and jerk and a silver medal in the overall category, with a total of 234 kg.

Confirming this, Bobo and Premila, both coaches of National Sports Academy (NSA) in Imphal, speaking to media on Monday, said that Meetei has become the first sportsperson from an institute like NSA who won a medal in the international competition while currently undergoing training.

Earlier, Tomchou Meetei also won gold and silver medals in many national competitions.

“It is a proud moment for us that young Indian weightlifters showed a good game in the 2023 IWF Youth Men and Women World Weightlifting Championships at Durres, Albania. Indian Weightlifting team achieved three more medals on the second day of 2023 IWF Youth Men and Women World Weightlifting Championships at Durres, Albania on March 26, winning two silver in snatch, one bronze in clean and jerk and two bronze medals in total on the opening day of Youth World Weightlifting Championships,” President Sahdev Yadav of Indian Weightlifting Federation said in a prèss release.