Assam's teenage weightlifter Bedabrat Bharali won the gold medal in the men's 73kg at the IWF World Youth Championships in Lima, Peru. (More Sports News)
The 17-year-old Bharali finished 12kg cleaꦜr of his competitors with a total lift of 296kg (136 in snatch and 160 in clea💝n and jerk).
Last year Bharali, an Asian youth champion, finished third in the 67kg categ🅺ory.
Ryan McDonald from the United States finished second with a effort of 125-159-284 while Serhii Kote൲levskyi of Ukraine was placed third on 130-153-283.
Sairaj Pardeshi added an♛🎀other medal to the Indian tally as he clinched the bronze medal in the snatch discipline of men's 81kg with a lift of 135kg.
But ▨he missed out on a medal in overall category by just 1kg and finished in fourth position with a total lift of 300kg (135+165).