Bindyarani finishes twenty fifth at World championships

Bindyarani Devi totalled 200kg to complete twenty fifth within the girls’s 59kg weight class on the World weightlifting championships in Bogota on Thursday.

Competing in Group ‘D’, Bindyarani — a Commonwealth Games silver medallist in 55kg with an mixture of 202kg — lifted 86kg in snatch (second try) and 114kg in clear and jerk (third try, preceded by two ‘no lifts’ at 112kg).