UDAIPUR: Reigning Commonwealth champion Soniya Chanu clinched gold in women's 48kg while Sunil Kumar staged an upset win in men's 62kg on second day of the Senior National Weightlifting Championships on Monday.
Representing All India Police, Soniya, who won gold in the Commonwealth Championships in October last year in Malaysia, lifted 75kg in snatch and 100kg in clean and jerk to aggregate 175kg for the gold medal.
M Santoshi of IWF won silver with a total lift of 163kg (72+91) while Sandhya Rani, also of Police, bagged the bronze with an aggregate of 162kg (71+91).
Another reigning Commonwealth champion, V Srinivasa Rao of Services, won gold in men's 56kg category with a total lift of 244kg (105+139).
Sukhen Dey, reigning junior Commonwealth champion, of Services was second with a total lift of 243kg (108+135) while Mayur Sinhasane of Maharashtra was a distant third with an aggregate lift of 232 (107+125).
But the upset of the day was Railways' Sunil Kumar, who won gold in men's 62kg with a total of 270kg (123+147).
Sunil beat another Railwayman and last year's Commonwealth championships silver medallist Omkar Ottari (121+143) and reigning Commonwealth champion Rustam Sarang (115+148) of Chhattisgarh to emerge winner.