Gyaneshwari bags 2 medals at Asian Senior

India’s Gyaneshwari Yadav bagged a double by winning silver and bronze medals in the 53kg category at the 2026 Asian Senior Weightlifting Championships here on Wednesday.

Gyaneshwari won a silver in the snatch section and then an overall bronze medal in the event with a combined lift of 194kg. The gold medal in the category was claimed by Jinlan Zhao of China with a total lift of 216kg, while the silver went to Vietnam’s Hoai Huong Nguyen with a total of 195kg. Komal Kohar had opened India’s medal count, winning a bronze in the women’s 48kg on Monday.

The championships, which started on Monday at the Mahatma Mandir & Exhibition Centre, feature 178 lifters from 28 Asian nations and two Commonwealth countries and serves as a qualifying event for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.