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Indian powerlifter Kasthuri Rajamani won a silver medal in the women’s 67kg category at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya.
Kasthuri Rajamani hails from Tamil Nadu. (Picture Credit: IG/kasthuri5148)
Indian para powerlifter Kasthuri Rajamani clinched the silver medal in the women’s 67kg category at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya on Wednesday, securing second place with a strong final attempt.
The Tamil Nadu athlete lifted 108kg in her third and final attempt to move into the silver-medal position after her closest challenger, Kim Hyeonghui, failed to improve her total in her last lift. Kim finished with a best lift of 107kg to take bronze.
Uzbekistan’s Rukhshona Uktamova claimed gold with a best lift of 127kg.
The 42-year-old Kasthuri, who has polio in both legs, lost her mother during childhood and was brought up by her grandmother. She had finished fifth at the previous edition of the Games.
Kasthuri’s podium finish marks India’s second medal in powerlifting at the ongoing Games.
On Tuesday, Ashok Kumar Malik won silver in the men’s 65kg category, improving on the bronze medal he secured at the previous edition.
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