Asian Games weightlifting: Mali, Monika way below medal mark (Lead)
November 17th, 2010 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANSGuangzhou, Nov 17 (IANS) India’s Chandrakant Dadu Mali and Monika Laishram Devi fell short in a strong weightlifting field at the Donguan Gymnasium Wednesday, finishing 10th and seventh in their respective categories at the Asian Games here Wednesday.
Mali lifted an overall 309kg in the men’s 85kg to finish in the bottom three.
Yong Lu of China (376kg) and Mansurbek Chashemov of Uzbekistan (372kg) won the gold and silver. The bronze went to South Korean Kwang Hoon Kim (369kg).
The Indian, placed in group B, was out of the reckoning even before the medal round started. Mali managed 138kg in snatch and 171 kg in clean and jerk, 60kg short of what the bronze medallist lifted.
In the women’s 69kg section, Monika, too, never looked like getting a medal. She came last out of the seven contestants. Her overall effort of 212 kg (95+117) was 30 less than gold medallist Chunhong Liu of China (242kg). Indonesian Sinta Darmariani (238kg) won the silver while Ya Jhen Wang of Japan (233kg) secured the bronze.
Geeta Rani in 85+ kg and Sarabjit in 105+ kg will be in action Friday and it will be India’s last chance to win a weightlifting medal.
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