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India’s Kasthuri Rajamani equalled her private finest elevate however did not make an influence, ending eighth amongst 9 rivals within the girls’s 67kg powerlifting occasion on the Paralympic Video games in Paris on Friday. The 40-year-old from Tamil Nadu lifted 106kg in her second try after failing within the first and once more faltered in her third and ultimate bid to heave 110kg. Kasthuri, who had completed fifth on the Hangzhou Para Video games in 2023, had taken up powerlifting on the insistence of a para shooter good friend and had received gold on the Khelo India Para Video games final yr within the 67kg class.
The 33-year-old Yujiao Tan, China’s two-time Paralympics champion and winner of 4 world championship gold medals moreover a top-podium end on the Hangzhou Asian Video games final yr, made it a hat-trick of titles on the international showpiece in fashion, smashing the world and Paralympic document with a heave of 142kg.
Egypt’s Fatma Elyan clinched silver with a finest elevate of 139kg, whereas Brazil’s Fatima de Maria heaved 133kg for the bronze medal.
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