The Indian weightlifting contingent consisting of Gyaneshwari Yadav, Ditimoni Sonowal and Valluri Ajaya Babu failed to secure a medal in the Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from February 3 onwards.
The competition will go on till February 10. Gyaneshwari Yadav participated in the women’s 49kg Olympic event, Ditimoni Sonowal and Valluri Ajaya Babu were a part of the non-Olympic weight categories.
Performing a total lift of 178kg – 79 in snatch and 99kg in clean and jerk – Gyaneshwari secured an eighth-place finish after she failed in her third attempt at lifting 81kg in snatch and 102kg in clean and jerk on Sunday.
Athletes competing in this tournament will get to earn Olympic Qualification Rankings (OQR) in Olympic weight classes. The points will be based on the best total results athletes get in qualifying competitions.
The top 10 weightlifters based on OQR, which will have the highest-ranked athletes per country in each weight category, will secure Olympic quotas for Paris 2024 for national teams after the qualification cycle ends in April.