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Junior World Weightlifting C'ships: Jhilli Dalabehera Bags Bronze

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Ria Das
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India's Jhilli Dalabehera has won the bronze medal at the 2018 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships. The event was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

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Jhilli is only the second woman weightlifter to achieve this feat in the Junior World Championships. The first one to do was S Mirabai Chanu in 2013

Jhilli lifted 167 kg (75 kg + 92 kg) in 48 kg category to finish third on the podium.

She is Odisha’s rising star. This 19-year-old young lifter has been shining in the junior circuits and slowly making a mark for herself. She grabbed the spotlight when she shattered three state records on her way to the Gold medal at the 31st Women State Weightlifting Championships, held in Behrampur in 2015.

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The Odisha-born weightlifter is a gem at the national level. She won two gold and a silver medal at the 11th Sub-Junior National Weightlifting Championships. She again rose to top at the Junior Women National Weightlifting Championship.

In April, 2016, Jhilli had won a silver medal in the women 48 kg category in the Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships at Urgencg, Uzbekistan. She won a silver medal in the 48 kg junior weight category at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held in Australia. Again, after two years later at Gold Coast, she clinched the gold.

Having achieved so much at a young age, Jhilli, an inmate of Bhubaneswar Sports Hostel, was praised by Ofisha Sports and Youth Services Department, which took to Twitter and congratulated the young girl:

Odiya women shining in sports

Another Odisha girl, shuttler Rutuparna Panda, is emerging on top with her stellar performance as she has been selected for Asian Games 2018. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik tweeted, congratulating her for being the first Odia woman representing India in Badminton.

Feature Image Credit: Indiatimes

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