Mumbai, August 29: In an extremely unfortunate incident, a state-level powerlifter and gold medalist from Mumbai, Vaibhavi Patekar was found dead in Goregaon today. According to an India.com report, the young powerlifter allegedly committed suicide because of the poor financial condition of her family. She was missing from her home since Monday morning, and her body was found in the wee hours of Wednesday. Saksham Yadav Among 5 Athletes Killed in Accident Near New Delhi Due to Fog

Her mother Jyotika Patekar last year had resumed to powerlifting after a gap of 26-years. Post her marriage in 1990, she had given up powerlifting and used to sell sandwiches on the roadsides to earn a living, along with her husband.

Last year in an interview Vaibhavi had said that she is a proud daughter of her mother returning to the sport after such a long time. Last year in a horrific accident, five men including Saksham Yadav, world champion weightlifter, lost their lives in a horrible crash accident near New Delhi in early hours of January 7. Their car rammed into a divider and crashed into a pole in the Alipur area on the Delhi- Haryana border causing deadly injuries. The deceased were identified as Saksham Yadav, 28, Tikam Chand, 27, Saurabh Kumar, 18, Yogesh alias Akash, 24, and Harish Roy, 20. All of the athletes were travelling from Delhi to Panipat in Swift Dzire along with their powerlifting kits.

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