BEIJING, July 14: Bharati Singh claimed a silver and two bronze medals in the 83 kg class as India finished a creditable third with a haul of 12 medals in the 10th Asian Women's Weightlifting Championship which ended today at Yangzhou in China's southeast province of Jiangsu.Arjuna awardee Bharti Singh, the former world and Asian Games medallist who is on a comeback trail, won silver in snatch achieving 95 kg and took bronze lifting 115 kg in clean and jerk. Her total of 210 kg enabled her finish third overall amidst a tough competition.Bharti's steady show helped India garner 426 points with one gold, seven silver and four bronze medals to be overall third behind world powerhouse China, who swept to 17 gold medals and 27 overall for the top spot with 718 points. Chinese Taipei (5-7-7) were second with 566 points.India had fielded just six lifters compared to China's full complement of nine and Chinese Taipei's full strength of eight. North Korea ended up fourth (330 points 3-0-3).N lakshmi did not make the team and Jeevan Jyoti ended fifth in 70 kg despite a fine haul of 207.5 kg owing to twin Chinese presence, but India still vastly improved on the seven medals won at Japan last year.India did not take part in the over 83-kg class, the last event of the championship.India also did not participate in the men's event this year. Only Satish Rai had made the qualifying mark, but an injury ruled him out of the trip.In the 83 kg class, China's Wang Yanmei set a new world in the snatch on her way to the overall gold after a struggle with Chen Hsiao-Lien of Chinese Taipei. Wang hoisted 112.5 kg to erase the mark of 110.0 kg set by Chen minutes earlier.Bharti Singh was pipped to the overall silver medal by Korea's Kim Soin-Hee. Both lifted 210 kg but the Korean girl with a lesser body weight of 76.200 kg was placed ahead of the Indian who titled the scales at 82.250 kg.Twelve countries including China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, India, Japan and Indonesia participated in the event.
