Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Preetismita Bhoi won gold in the Women’s 40kg Clean & Jerk at the 2024 IWF World Youth Championships in Lima on Wednesday while compatriot Jyoshna Sabar bagged the silver medal.
Bhoi, set a new World Record (WR) on the way to gold with a 76 Kg lift, while Jyoshna tallied 69 kgs from her lifts.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated Preetismita and Jyoshna for clinching gold and silver medals at the IWF World Youth Championships in Lima, Peru.
“Congratulate #Odisha weightlifters, Preetismita Bhoi and Jyoshna Sabar on clinching gold and silver medals respectively, at the IWF World Youth Championships in Lima, Peru. Their sporting achievement has made Odisha and the nation proud. May they keep shining and inspiring young athletes,” Patnaik posted on X.
While Preetismita trains at the Odisha Weightlifting HPC sub-centre in Dhenkanal under the mentorship of Gopal Das, Jyoshna is part of HPC Bhubaneshwar where she is under the direct supervision of Ravi, who was a gold medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
Under the tutelage of Gopal Das, Preetismita toggles between schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya and training at the sub-centre. Jyoshna, who hails from a tribal village called Marlaba, undergoes home-schooling in the Bhubaneshwar centre in addition to the training.
