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Patna : Punam Yadav, 22, of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, won gold medal for India in the women’s 69 kg category at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Australia on April 8, 2018, lifting a total of 222 kg – 100 kg in snatch and 122 kg in clean & jerk.
Punam is the third women weightlifter to win gold medal at the Gold Coast CWG 2018 after Mirabai Chanu and Sanjita Chanu. Punam had won bronze medal in 63 kg category at CWG 2014 at Glasgow.
India has so far won 6 gold medals at Gold Coast CWG and four of them have been bagged by women.