Akshay B Gaikwad has clinched three gold medals at the 15th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships in Doha. Another weightlifter Lalu Taku bagged a silver and two bronze. After two days, India now have secured eight gold, five silver and four bronze medals in the championship. Akshay clinched a gold each in snatch and clean and jerk (C&J) in the 62kg category. In snatch his effort yielded 109kg, while in clean and jerk, he lifted 135kg. Akshay secured overall first position in the event. Lalu (69 kg) bagged a silver in snatch and followed it up with a bronze in C&J and finished with overall effort of 242 kg to claim another bronze.Yesterday, in the 44kg girls category, Chandrika Tarafdar had secured overall first position by lifting total weight of 131kg in the two lifts while fellow team-mate Dipali Gursale had to settle for a silver with an overall effort of 123 kg in the same discipline.Earlier, TBC Lalchhanhima (56kg) claimed overall bronze with lifts of 90 and 130kg.