Itanagar, Nov 24: A new national record was created on Wednesday in Snatch event under 62 kg category (boy) in the ongoing seventh Youth National Weightlifting Championships at Nirjuli near here. Achyutananda Sahoo of Orissa created a new national record by lifting 102 kg in the snatch event breaking the earlier record set during the day by Arunachalee weightlifter Hitlar Sorom Tagru, who lifted 101 kg.
Arunachal Pradesh clinched three gold medals, eight silver and a bronze till today. In Youth (Boy) 69 kg category, Kojum Taba from Arunachal today clinched three gold medals by lifting 103 kg in Snatch, 130 kg in Clean
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