India finish Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026 with 10 medals

Key facts

• India finished the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026 with a tally of 10 medals, including one silver and nine bronze medals.
• The championships were held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, marking only the second time India hosted the event after 1982.
• Lovepreet Singh produced the best Indian performance on the final day, finishing fifth in men's 110kg+ with a personal-best total of 386kg (174kg snatch, 212kg clean and jerk).
• Gyaneshwari Yadav secured India's only silver medal in the women's 53kg snatch event and also won an overall bronze.
• Other Indian medal winners included Komal Kohar (bronze in women's 48kg overall and clean and jerk), Ajith Narayana (bronze in men's 71kg overall and clean and jerk), Harjinder Kaur (bronze in women's 69kg snatch), and Sanjana (bronze in women's 77kg overall, snatch, and clean and jerk).