Harjinder Kaur Places Ninth in Women's 69kg Weightlifting at Asian Games
At the Asian Games, Indian weightlifter Harjinder Kaur finished ninth in the women's 69kg event with a total lift of 204kg, including 94kg in the snatch and 110kg in the clean and jerk. Kaur, a two-time Commonwealth Games medallist, missed two snatch attempts and fell out of medal contention early. North Korea's Song Kuk-hyang won gold with a world record-breaking total of 273kg. Chinese Taipei's Wen-huei Chen and Bahrain's Ingrid Grueso took silver and bronze respectively. India secured one weightlifting medal, a silver by Mirabai Chanu in the 49kg category.
First-hand measurement across 2 sources
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Sentiment was consistent across outlets (42–45/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
Coverage timeline
news18 broke this story on 27 Sept, 06:45 am. Other outlets followed.
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