Saturday, October 9, 2010

Monika Devi -Womens Weightlifting 75kg - Bronze Medal

Battling high fever, L Monika Devi tried her best in a new weight category but could not stop Nigerian Hadiza Zakari from running away with the gold in an eventful 75kg women's weightlifting competition on Saturday.
Monika, the lightest amongst all competitors, lifted a total of 216kg (95kg in snatch and 121kg in clean and jerk) for the bronze. Nigerian Zakari Hadiza won the gold with a combined total of 239kg (110 snatch, 129 clean and jerk) and Canadian Marie-Eva Beauchemin-Nadeau took the silver (225kg 99

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