Gandhinagar, May 17 -- India signed off from the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026 with a tally of 10 medals despite failing to add to their haul on the final day of competition in Gandhinagar on Sunday.

The hosts ended the continental meet with one silver and nine bronze medals, marking a significant improvement from the previous edition in Jiangshan, where India's two-member contingent returned empty-handed, according to Olympics.com.

Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Lovepreet Singh produced the best Indian performance on the concluding day, finishing fifth in the men's 110kg+ category with a personal-best total lift of 386kg.

Lovepreet managed 174kg in snatch and 212kg in clean and jerk to surpass his previous best by 12kg. ...