Olympic medallist, Mirabai Chanu lifts a complete of 200kg (87kg snatch + 113kg clear & jerk), 2kg greater than Olympic champ from China Hou Zhihua (198kg) and 6kg behind one other Chinese language, Jiang Huihua (206kg: 93+113) who received the gold medal.
Mirabai began slowly with an 85kg carry in snatch, and even failed in her second try at 87kg earlier than clearing her third with the identical weight. She was fifth after the third try.
She failed on her first try on the clear and jerk however powered by means of to carry 111kg in her second try. This instantly lifted her into the medal positions.
It was Chanu’s second medal at a Worlds after having earlier received gold within the 2017 World Championships. Earlier this yr she had clinched Commonwealth Video games gold.
Chanu has a private better of 207kg (88kg+119kg). She has been attempting to breach the 90kg mark within the snatch class since 2020.
Nonetheless, with the Olympics nonetheless a protracted strategy to go and the Asian Video games scheduled in September, the Manipuri, who struggles with a again difficulty that impacts her snatch, didn’t danger lifting 90kg on the marquee occasion.
The 2022 World Championships are the primary qualifying occasion for the 2024 Paris Olympics, the place weightlifting occasions will probably be reduce from 14 at Tokyo Video games to 10.