Rising Indian teen Jeremy Lalrinnunga shattered a plethora of records while winning the silver medal in the 67kg category at the Qatar International Cup in Doha.
In a power-packed performance, the 17-year-old the Youth Olympic gold medallist smashed his own Youth World and Asian record in snatch, clean and jerk and total lift with an effort of 306kg (140kg+166kg) to win the silver medal.
Italy’s Mirko Zanni took the gold.
Jeremy broke 27 records in total all under his name, combining national and international marks.
He smashed 12 international records – three youth world, three youth Asian and six Commonwealth records – and 15 national records – five youth national, five junior national and five senior national.
The Mizoram youngster started the year by winning a silver medal in the EGAT Cup, lifting 131kg in snatch and 157kg in clean and jerk.
At the Asian Championships, he smashed the Youth World and Asian records with an effort of 297kg (134kg+163kg). At the 2019 World Championship, Jeremy had lifted 296kg (136kg+163kg) to finish tenth in an easier group B.
He also went on to win a gold and a silver in Asian Youth Championship and Asian Junior Championship, respectively.
Jeremy has been steadily improving since switching his weight category from 62kg, but the Mizoram lifter still has a long way to go as the world record in the 67kg category stands at 155kg in snatch, 185kg in clean and jerk and 339kg for the total lift.
On Thursday, Kazakhstan’s Igor Son won a gold medal with a total lift of 278kg (124+154) in the 61kg category.
India’s former world champion Mirabai Chanu made a clean sweep of the 49kg category, winning three golds in a total lift of 194kg. The 2018 Commonwealth Games champion lifted 83kg in snatch and 111kg in jerk.
France’s Nichel Anaiis won the sliver, while Turkmenistan’s Yulduz Jamabayeva took bronze. The opening ceremony was attended by Tamas Ajan, the President of the International weightlifting Federation, and Mohamed Yousef al-Mana, the President of the Qatar weightlifting and Fencing Federation, President of the Arab and Asian weightlifting Federations, and Chairman of the Supreme Organising Committee of the championship, as well as a number of heads of participating civil federations.