<p>India's weightlifting campaign in the London Olympics ended today on a dismal note with Katulu Ravi Kumar coming up with a below-par performance in the men's 69kg category at the ExCel Arena here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ravi Kumar, who had just recovered in time for the event after a bout of fever, lifted a below par 303kg -- 136kg in snatch and 167kg in clean and jerk -- to finish sixth in the 10-lifter Group B competition.<br /><br />The Group A competition among 14 top weightlifters of this category will be held later tonight.<br /><br />In major weightlifting events, the top among the participants are placed in Group A so that the performance of the lifters are improved while competing with the best. Those participants who are in the lower rung are placed in Group B.<br /><br />The first position in Group B went to North Korea's Kim Myong Hyok, who lifted a total of 329kg (145+184).<br /><br />The second and third spots went to Junior Antonio Rivero Sanchez of Venezuela and Sardar Hasanov of Azerbaijan, who lifted 328kg (148+180) and 321kg (145+176), respectively.<br /><br />The CWG gold medallist Ravi had lifted a total of 311kg (141+170) to bag sixth spot at the recent Asian Championships, but even that effort would not have given him any chance for a podium finish.<br /><br />Ravi Kumar blamed the fever he had in the past few days as the main reason for his poor show.<br /><br />"I had a fever before the competition and I am disappointed that I did not perform well because of that," he said.<br /><br />On being part of the Olympic Games, he said, "My country will not be proud of my performance but I am proud to be in the world's number one competition."<br /><br />The other Indian lifter in the fray, N Soniya Chanu had finished seventh in the women's 48kg category on July 28.</p>
<p>India's weightlifting campaign in the London Olympics ended today on a dismal note with Katulu Ravi Kumar coming up with a below-par performance in the men's 69kg category at the ExCel Arena here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ravi Kumar, who had just recovered in time for the event after a bout of fever, lifted a below par 303kg -- 136kg in snatch and 167kg in clean and jerk -- to finish sixth in the 10-lifter Group B competition.<br /><br />The Group A competition among 14 top weightlifters of this category will be held later tonight.<br /><br />In major weightlifting events, the top among the participants are placed in Group A so that the performance of the lifters are improved while competing with the best. Those participants who are in the lower rung are placed in Group B.<br /><br />The first position in Group B went to North Korea's Kim Myong Hyok, who lifted a total of 329kg (145+184).<br /><br />The second and third spots went to Junior Antonio Rivero Sanchez of Venezuela and Sardar Hasanov of Azerbaijan, who lifted 328kg (148+180) and 321kg (145+176), respectively.<br /><br />The CWG gold medallist Ravi had lifted a total of 311kg (141+170) to bag sixth spot at the recent Asian Championships, but even that effort would not have given him any chance for a podium finish.<br /><br />Ravi Kumar blamed the fever he had in the past few days as the main reason for his poor show.<br /><br />"I had a fever before the competition and I am disappointed that I did not perform well because of that," he said.<br /><br />On being part of the Olympic Games, he said, "My country will not be proud of my performance but I am proud to be in the world's number one competition."<br /><br />The other Indian lifter in the fray, N Soniya Chanu had finished seventh in the women's 48kg category on July 28.</p>