Female lifter wins bronze to open Nepal's medal account in 12th SAG

KATHMANDU: Nepal on Saturday bagged their first medal in the 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati of India with female athlete Devi Kumari Chaudhary winning bronze medal in weightlifting.

Chaudhary won the bronze medal in women's 53kg weight category on the first day of the competitions.

In the category, India and Sri Lanka won the gold and silver medals respectively.

Name 

Nation 

Body

Weight

Max

Snatch

Max

Jerk

Total

1

CMWW Suriya

SRI

52.2

65

85

150

2

2

Devi Kumari Chaudhary 

NEP

52.6

54

75

129

3

3

Harshdeep Kaur

IND

52.7

73

98

171

1

4

Saima Shahzad

PAK

51.2

44

52

96

5

5

Jahura Akter Reshma

BAN

48.1

58

70

128

4

The regional sports gala kicked off in India's Guwahati yesterday.

India have topped the medal tally.

Meanwhile, Indian cyclist Tourangbam Vidyalaxmi won the the first gold of the 12th SAG in women’s 30km individual time trial final.

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