Mabia gets lighter and stronger
Bangladesh's most renowned weightlifter Mabia Akter Simanta bettered her national data in the in the 64kg weightlifting category of the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games in spite of sustaining an injury on her behalf left elbow at the Mymensingh Gymnasium yesterday.
The two-time SA Games gold medallist lifted 80 kilos in snatch and 101 kilos in clean & jerk to win the gold with a complete weight of 181 kilos. That feat meant she place three new data by eclipsing her past records of 79 kilos in snatch and 100 kilos in clean & jerk plus the total pounds. Her prior record was during the Inter-Offerings Weightlifting Championships in 2018.
Mabia had won gold medal in the 2019 SA Games in Nepal in 74kg category lifting a complete of 185 kilos - 80 kilos found in snatch and 105 kilos in clean & jerk but she shed 12 kilos of excess fat since then to make contact with her favourite category where she had won her first gold medal found in SA Games.
Interestingly, all three of her achievements occurred on the seventh working day of the month -- the initial one on February 7 in 2016, the next one on December 7 in 2019 and the most recent one on April 7, 2021.
"Seven is a lucky evening for me and I did not want to waste the chance. I set my aim for to create new record in tidy and Jerk nonetheless it happened in every three sections," Mabia advised The Daily Star over phone while bringing treatment on the wounded elbow at the Mymensingh Medical College.
"I had a good previous discomfort on the right wrist. Could be I gave too much stress on the injured side to reduce the impact however. The doctor advised me to have a plaster on the elbow but I didn't perform it because I don't prefer to miss this month's qualification competition for the Tokyo Olympics. If everything moves very well amid the lockdown, I'll fly for Uzbekistan on April 19," said Mabia.
"Immediately after winning the SA Games gold in 2016, I was forced to switch to 74kg category to treat the wrist pain, that i could not heal in spite of spending Tk 3 lakh. I QUICKLY sustained another damage in 2019 SA Game titles and spent additional money. It is certainly not easy for me to use all the money I was presented with for winning gold medals as I also need to think of my future," stated the 21-year-old.
Like Mabia, Shakayet Hossain Pranto of Bangladesh Ansar produced data in both snatch and clean & jerk to win gold in men's 89kg category after lifting overall 273 kilos -- 124 kilos in snatch and 149 kilos in tidy & jerk.
