New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): India’s Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu will miss the upcoming Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026 as she continues her restoration from a shoulder harm, dealing a blow to the host nation forward of the continental occasion starting on Monday.
The championships, scheduled from May 11 to 17 on the Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar, have been anticipated to mark Chanu’s return to worldwide competitors.
However, the Indian camp has determined towards speeding the previous world champion again into motion with a packed worldwide calendar forward, in line with Olympics.com.
Chanu, who received a silver medal on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, final competed on the nationwide championships in Modinagar in February. Despite fighting the shoulder concern, she secured gold within the girls’s 48kg class, underlining her dedication and aggressive spirit.
The 31-year-old has been managing recurring health considerations since struggling a hip harm through the Asian Games Hangzhou 2023. Her workforce has opted for a cautious method to make sure she regains full health earlier than the most important assignments later this 12 months, together with the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games.
This would be the third straight version of the Asian Championships that Chanu will miss due to injury-related considerations. Her final look on the continental meet got here in 2023 in Jinju, Republic of Korea, the place she completed sixth total.
One of India’s most adorned weightlifters, Chanu claimed total bronze on the 2020 Asian Championships and produced a memorable efficiency within the clear and jerk part, lifting a then-world-record 119kg to win gold. She had additionally bagged a bronze medal in clear and jerk on the 2019 version.
In Chanu’s absence, Komal Kohar will symbolize India within the girls’s 48kg class. Overall, India will discipline a 16-member contingent comprising eight male and eight feminine lifters on the continental championships. (ANI)