India’s Sakina Khatun clinched two bronze medals at the Para Powerlifting World Cup 2024 in Pattaya, Thailand on Saturday. She secured the medals in the Best Lift and Total Lift categories, with a formidable lift of 93 Kgs in the women’s up to 55 kg event. Despite her remarkable performance, she just fell shy of securing a spot for the Paralympic Games, this year.
Earlier in the Men’s up to 65 Kg category, India’s Ashok Malik secured the gold medal with a personal best lift of 197 kg, while in the Men’s up to 49 kg category, Parmjeet Singh claimed the silver with a lift of 162 kg. In the Women’s up to 67 kg event, another Indian, Kasthuri Rajamani earned the bronze with a lift of 105kg.