Commonwealth championships silver medallist Bindyarani Devi improved upon her National records in clean and jerk and total as she won the 55kg title in the Khelo India National-ranking women’s weightlifting championships at Nagrota Bagwan, Himachal Pradesh, on Friday.
The Commonwealth Games-bound Bindyarani, who lifted 84kg in snatch, recorded 115kg in her final clean and jerk attempt to get past her previous record by 1kg.
She lifted 199kg, which was also 1kg better than her previous record aggregate, to take the top spot. Shrabani Das (185kg) finished second, while Ananya Patil (169kg) was third.
