{"id":227140,"date":"2023-10-27T00:28:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T18:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=227140"},"modified":"2023-10-27T00:28:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T18:58:46","slug":"37th-national-games-bengia-tani-wins-bronze-in-weightlifting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/10\/27\/37th-national-games-bengia-tani-wins-bronze-in-weightlifting\/","title":{"rendered":"37th National Games: Bengia Tani wins bronze in weightlifting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staff Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

PANAJI, 26 Oct:<\/strong> Arunachal Pradesh opened their medal account at the 37th National Games with a bronze won by lifter Bengia Tani at Campal Sports Village here in Goa on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He won the medal in the men’s 67 kg weight category with a total lift of 277 kgs. He lifted 121 kgs in snatch and 156 kgs in clean & jerk.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old boy from Koloriang in Kurung Kumey district is the son of Bengia Tado and Bengia Meme.<\/p>\n

The lifter said that he could not perform up to his potential due to shoulder ligament injuries he had suffered during practice.<\/p>\n

Tani is currently training at the Army Sports Institute, Pune.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>On Thursday, four lifters, including Tani, had competed in different weight categories; but none of the lifters, except Tani, was able to make a podium finish.<\/p>\n

Competing in the same weight category, another lifter from the state, Markio Tario, lifted 122 kgs in snatch and 153 kgs in clean & jerk to finish fourth. He failed to lift the 159 kg weight in his final two attempts in clean & jerk.<\/p>\n

Tani and Tario (19) were the youngest among the six competitors in this weight category.<\/p>\n

The gold and the silver medals in this category were won by Lalhunthara of Mizoram and Subhash Lahre of the Services Sports Control Board, respectively.<\/p>\n

Lalhunthara lifted 122 kgs in snatch and 159 kgs in clean & jerk, while Lahre lifted 124 kgs in snatch and 156 kgs in clean & jerk.<\/p>\n

In the women’s 59 kg category, Balo Yalam finished sixth among the eight competitors. She lifted 75 kgs in snatch and 100 kgs in clean & jerk.<\/p>\n

The gold and the silver medals in this category were won by Popy Hazarika of Assam and Davinder Kour of Punjab.<\/p>\n

While Hazarika lifted a total of 191 kgs (snatch 86 kgs + clean & jerk 105 kgs), Kour lifted 83 kgs in snatch and 100 in clean & jerk.<\/p>\n

Another lifter from Arunachal, Posen Kongkang, finished in the last position among the six competitors. She lifted 73 kgs in snatch and 94 kgs in clean & jerk.<\/p>\n

The gold medal in this category was won by Assam’s Ditimoni Sonowal, with a total of 200 kgs (snatch 88 kgs + clean & jerk 112 kgs).<\/p>\n

Manipur’s S Nirupama Devi secured the silver medal. She lifted 85 kgs in snatch and 110 kgs in clean & jerk, for a total of 195 kgs.<\/p>\n

Arunachal had fielded six athletes in the weightlifting event.<\/p>\n

Later in the evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 37th National Games in Margao.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The inaugural ceremony was witnessed also by Arunachal’s Sports Minister Mama Natung, Education Minister and Arunachal Olympic Association president Taba Tedir, Sports Director Tadar Appa, and Arunachal Olympic Association secretary-general Bamang Tago to encourage the Arunachal squads.<\/p>\n

Chef de mission Bulang Marik, (DSP), deputy chef de mission Nada Apa, and Tagru Magung are monitoring the Arunachal contingents.<\/p>\n

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Staff Reporter PANAJI, 26 Oct: Arunachal Pradesh opened their medal account at the 37th National Games with a bronze won by lifter Bengia Tani at Campal Sports Village here in Goa on Thursday. He won the medal in the men’s 67 kg weight category with a total lift of 277 kgs. He lifted 121 kgs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-227140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}