Manama [Bahrain], December 6 (ANI): A 3-member Indian crew, all ladies, will probably be competing within the World Weightlifting Championship in Manama, Bahrain ranging from Friday onwards.
The event, scheduled to happen until December 16, won’t witness Tokyo Olympics 2020 silver medalist Mirabai Chanu in motion as she has a watch on long-term rehab from her accidents. She final performed in 2024 Paris Olympics, the place she missed out on a medal by ending fourth.
In her absence, the up and coming Gyaneshwari Yadav will probably be representing the tricolour in ladies’s 49 kg class. She can also be a silver medalist on the junior world championships degree and secured a gold medal within the final 12 months’s Commonwealth Championships within the 49kg division, as per Olympics.com.
She stays solely Indian lifter in group A of her class on the championships.
The different Indian is Commonwealth Games silver medalist Bindyarani Devi, taking part in within the group B of girls’s 55 kg, which is a non-Olympic weight class. On the opposite hand, Ditimoni Sonowal will probably be competing in 64 kg Group C, which can also be a non-Olympic weight class.
India can have no male opponents this time round, as in comparison with 4 male lifters from final 12 months’s competitors, Achinta Sheuli, Ajith Narayan, Gurdeep Singh and Shubham Tanaji Todkar – who competed in final 12 months’s world championships held in Riyadh.
World Weightlifting Championships 2024 schedule for Indian weightliftersAs per Indian Standard Times (IST)December 7, SaturdayWomen’s 49kg (A) – 8:00 PMDecember 8, SundayWomen’s 55kg (C) – 12:30 PMWomen’s 55kg (B) – 5:30 PMWomen’s 55kg (A) – 10:30 PMDecember 10, TuesdayWomen’s 64kg (D) – 10:30 AMWomen’s 64kg (C) – 12:30 PMWomen’s 64kg (B) – 5:30 PMWomen’s 64kg (A) – 10:30 PM. (ANI)