Akanksha Vyavahare sets national record in 40kg category of weightlifting

Maharashtra-based weightlifter Akanksha Vyavahare has created a new National Weightlifting Record in the 40kg weight category.
The weightlifter, also a part of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme, has created the NRs in all 3 scores – Snatch, Clean and Jerk and Total.
This has been achieved on the opening day of the Khelo India National Ranking Women’s Weightlifting tournament Phase 2, being held in Ghaziabad, Noida.
Akanksha bettered her existing Snatch national record, by lifting 60kg.
She recorded 71kg in the Clean & Jerk, and in the process, registered a total lift of 131kg.
She competed in the 40kg Youth Girls category.
Meanwhile, Tokyo 2020 Olympics silver medalist Mirabai Chanu was present on the first day of the opening ceremony.
Mirabai had won a gold medal in the first leg of the Khelo India weightlifting tournament held in Himachal Pradesh earlier this year.