(Weightlifting news) Tokyo Paralympics 2021 Live Update: India’s weightlifter Sakina Khatun finished fifth in the Women’s 50 kg Powerlifting after successfully lifting 90 kg in her first attempt. The 32 year old failed to lift 93 kg in her second attempt but succeeded in her third.

Hu Dandan from China finished in first position to win a Paralympic gold medal after matching Rehab Ahmed’s Paralympic record of 120 kg bench press lift. The Egyptian finished second and won the silver medal while Olivia Broome from Great Britain won bronze in third place.

With this result, Sakina Khatun’s campaign has come to an end but the Indian para athlete’s lift of 93 kgs (roughly 1.97 times her weight) was an impressive display nonetheless in her maiden Paralympic Games.

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