India’s Dhanush Loganathan Wins Bronze in Men’s 55kg at IWF Junior World Championships 2024

In Weightlifting, India’s Dhanush Loganathan won the bronze medal in the men’s 55kg event at the IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships 2024 in Leon, Spain today. The 17-year-old Indian weightlifter lifted a total of 231kg (107 snatch+124kg clean and jerk) for bronze. Medals at the junior World Weightlifting Championships 2024 are awarded separately in snatch, clean and jerk and total categories. 

Dhanush also clinched a bronze medal in the snatch and



finished 13th in the clean and jerk. Vietnam’s K Duong won the gold medal for lifting 253kg (115kg+140kg) and Japan’s Kotaro Tomari, clinched the silver medal for a total of 247kg (108kg+139kg). The Indian weightlifting contingent at the Junior World Championships for the under-21 weightlifters includes three men and six women. Payal (women’s 45kg) and Panchami Sonowal (women’s 49kg) also competed today but could not win medals.