<p>Gyaneshwari Yadav clinched the silver medal while compatriot V Rithika finished third to give India a double podium finish in the women's 49kg category at the IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Heraklion, Greece.</p>.<p>Chattisgarh lifter Gyaneshwari produced a total effort of 156kg (73kg+83kg) to take home the silver medal on Monday night.</p>.<p>The 18-year-old Rithika, on the other hand, heaved 6 kgs less than her compatriot – 150kg (69kg+81kg) to bag the bronze medal in a depleted 10-lifter field.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/weightlifter-harshada-sharad-garud-becomes-junior-world-champion-1105896.html" target="_blank">Weightlifter Harshada Sharad Garud becomes Junior World Champion</a></strong></p>.<p>Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist and strong favourite Windy Cantika Aisah of Indonesia was crowned the champion in the category thanks to her total effort of 185kg (83kg+102kg).</p>.<p>The gulf between the Indonesian lifter, who won the Asian and world junior titles last year, and the 19-year-old Gyaneshwari was a whopping 29kg with Aisah even declined to take her final attempt.</p>.<p>The field was missing lifters from powerhouses China, North Korea and Thailand.</p>.<p>The junior world record for the category sits at 206kg (92kg+114kg) in China's Jiang Huihua's name.</p>.<p>It is the same weight division in which Mirabai Chanu won a silver at the Tokyo Olympics, with an effort of 202kg (87kg+115kg).</p>.<p>Chanu holds the senior clean and jerk world record in the category. She had lifted 119 kg at the Asian Championships last year to achieve the feat.</p>.<p>The snatch (96kg) and total weight lifted (213kg) records are in Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Hou Zhihui's name.</p>.<p>The podium finishes take India's medal haul to three in the ongoing event.</p>.<p>Earlier on Monday, Harshada Sharad Garud became the country's first weightlifter to win a gold medal at the world event.</p>.<p>Athletes from Russia and Belarus are banned from competing in IWF events.</p>.<p>Russia had won the most medals (9) in the last edition.</p>.<p>Countries like China, Romania and Bulgaria among others are giving the tournament a miss for a variety of reasons.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>Gyaneshwari Yadav clinched the silver medal while compatriot V Rithika finished third to give India a double podium finish in the women's 49kg category at the IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Heraklion, Greece.</p>.<p>Chattisgarh lifter Gyaneshwari produced a total effort of 156kg (73kg+83kg) to take home the silver medal on Monday night.</p>.<p>The 18-year-old Rithika, on the other hand, heaved 6 kgs less than her compatriot – 150kg (69kg+81kg) to bag the bronze medal in a depleted 10-lifter field.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/weightlifter-harshada-sharad-garud-becomes-junior-world-champion-1105896.html" target="_blank">Weightlifter Harshada Sharad Garud becomes Junior World Champion</a></strong></p>.<p>Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist and strong favourite Windy Cantika Aisah of Indonesia was crowned the champion in the category thanks to her total effort of 185kg (83kg+102kg).</p>.<p>The gulf between the Indonesian lifter, who won the Asian and world junior titles last year, and the 19-year-old Gyaneshwari was a whopping 29kg with Aisah even declined to take her final attempt.</p>.<p>The field was missing lifters from powerhouses China, North Korea and Thailand.</p>.<p>The junior world record for the category sits at 206kg (92kg+114kg) in China's Jiang Huihua's name.</p>.<p>It is the same weight division in which Mirabai Chanu won a silver at the Tokyo Olympics, with an effort of 202kg (87kg+115kg).</p>.<p>Chanu holds the senior clean and jerk world record in the category. She had lifted 119 kg at the Asian Championships last year to achieve the feat.</p>.<p>The snatch (96kg) and total weight lifted (213kg) records are in Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Hou Zhihui's name.</p>.<p>The podium finishes take India's medal haul to three in the ongoing event.</p>.<p>Earlier on Monday, Harshada Sharad Garud became the country's first weightlifter to win a gold medal at the world event.</p>.<p>Athletes from Russia and Belarus are banned from competing in IWF events.</p>.<p>Russia had won the most medals (9) in the last edition.</p>.<p>Countries like China, Romania and Bulgaria among others are giving the tournament a miss for a variety of reasons.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>