Jinju [South Korea], May 5 (ANI): Olympic champion Mirabai Chanu completed within the sixth place on the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Jinju, South Korea on Friday.
She was again in motion after a break of 5 months throughout which she underwent a rehabilitation programme.
She lifted 85kg in snatch, modest by her requirements, and 109kg in clear and jerk for a mixed raise of 194kg (85kg 109kg). Chanu led to sixth place on the general leaderboard within the girls’s 49kg class. Her private greatest is 88kg within the snatch and 119kg within the clear and jerk as per olympics.com.
Meanwhile, world champion Jiang Huihua of China gained the gold medal after she pulled a mixed raise of 207kg (94kg113kg). The Chinese Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Hou Zhihui clinched the Silver medal Hou Zhihui of China with 204kg (93kg111kg). Thailand’s Surodchana Khambao gained bronze with an effort of 200kg (90kg110kg).
Chanu has just one medal on the Asian Championships, which got here on the 2020 version held in Tashkent. She claimed a bronze medal for a complete raise of 205kg, together with the world report clear and jerk of 119kg.
Chanu started with an 85kg raise within the snatch. She opted for 88kg on her second and third makes an attempt however failed to drag it off. However, the trouble positioned her fifth within the snatch class.
In the primary try, Chanu lifted 109kg in clear and jerk nonetheless to keep away from damage, she selected to skip her subsequent two makes an attempt. The eventual gold medallist, Jiang Huihua, went for 120kg however didn’t create a brand new world report.
With the mixed raise of 194kg within the occasion, Chanu improved her rating within the Olympic Qualification Ranking (OQR) to 400. She has been positioned second on the record with Jiang Huihua who’s main the OQR desk with 413.
The Asian Weightlifting Championships 2023 is the second within the collection of qualifying occasions for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (ANI)