Nepal win silver, two bronzes on first day of SAG

KATHMANDU: Nepal have won three medals -- one silver and two bronzes -- so far on the first day of competitions in the South Asian Games in Guwahati of India on Saturday.

Country

-

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

India 

 

13

4

17

Sri Lanka 

 

3

9

7

19

Pakistan

 

1

2

2

5

Bangladesh

 

1

7

8

Nepal 

 

1

2

3

Afghanistan

 

1

1

Nepal had opened their medal account in the 12th South Asian Games with female lifter Devi Kumari Chaudhary winning bronze medal in 53kg category.

Later, Bikash Thapa grabbed silver medal in weightlifting in 62kg category, and Saroj Yadav won bronze medal in wrestling in 65kg category.

Thapa, who lifted 112 kg on snatch and 130 kg on jerk, had to be satisfied with the silver medal, while Anton Sudesh Peiris Kurukula Sooriyage of Sri Lanka seized the gold lifting 115 kg on snatch and 150 kg on jerk. Mostain Bella of Bangladesh won the bronze medal in the category.

                             Weightlifting 62kg (Men)

SN

Name

Country

Body

Weight 

Max

Snatch

Max

Jerk

Total

Position

1

A S P K Sooriyage

SRI

61.9

115

150

265

1

2

Bikash Thapa

NEP

61.6

112

130

242

2

3

Mostain Bella

BAN

60.8

100

125

225

3

4

Shafiq J S Zada

AFG

60.9

78

100

178

4

5

Gopal Anbarasu

IND

60.4

110

E/T

E/T

6

Muhammad Shahzad

PAK

61.9

114

E/T

E/T

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