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Lifter Rahul bags first gold for India at Youth Olympics<br/>

Weightlifter Ragala Venkat Rahul bagged India&apos;s first medal of the second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China on Thursday. In the 77 kg category, Rahul won the Silver by lifting 141 kgs in Snatch, and 175 kgs in Clean and Jerk to finish with a total of 316 kgs. This was also India&apos;s first medal in Weightlifting in Youth Olympics.Earlier in the day, Maymon Poulose in the 110 metres hurdles and Mithra Varun in the discus throw qualified for the Final-A stage, which is the second stage.India had won eight medals, 6 Silver and 2 Bronze, in the inaugural Youth Olympics in 2010 in Singapore.

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