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Jeremy Lalrinnung­a (Weightlift­ing)

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Guided by his boxer father, Jeremy developed a liking for lifting from a very young age. The weightlift­ing prodigy, Jeremy, 19, a product of Army's Boys Sports Company, stamped his class when he claimed the Youth Olympics gold medal in 62kg at Buenos Aires in 201■. Jeremy, who bagged medals in top internatio­nal agegroup events, finally made his mark at the elite level when he won the National Championsh­ips in Kolkata in 2020. He battled injuries before getting his first gold medal at a senior internatio­nal event, in the Commonweal­th Championsh­ips in Tashkent in 2021.

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