IWF World Youth Championships 2024: Bedabrat Bharali wins gold in men’s 73kg

Assam’s Bedabrat Bharali clinched the gold medal in the men’s 73kg at the IWF World Youth Championships in Lima, Peru on Saturday.

Bharali finished 12kg clear of his competitors with 136-160-296, up 29kg on his total last year where he finished third in the 67kg category.

Ryan McDonald from the United States finished second with 125-159-284 while Serhii Kotelevskyi from Ukraine was placed third on 130-153-283.

This was India’s second gold in the competition, after Preetismita Bhoi topped the women’s 40kg, managing to set a clean and jerk youth world record in the process.

Jyoshna Sabar bagged the silver medal in the women’s 40kg and Payal secured one in the women’s 45kg. In the men’s 49 kg event, Jharkhand’s Babulal Hembrom ended with a lift of 193 kg (86 + 107) which helped him secure the bronze medal.