Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 14 (ANI): Tokyo 2020 Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu will spearhead a five-member Indian contingent on the World Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Riyadh meet from September 4 to 17 is a qualifying match for the Paris 2024 Olympics, as per Olympics.com.
Chanu will participate within the ladies’s 49kg class. While, Bindyarani Devi, the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships gold medal winner, can be compete within the ladies’s 55kg occasion.
On the opposite hand, the lads’s staff includes Achinta Sheuli, who will compete within the 73kg alongside reigning nationwide champion Narayana Ajith. Shubham Todkar, who received the gold medal within the 61kg class within the ongoing Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in New Delhi, can even be in fray.
Youth Olympic Games champion Jeremy Lalrinnunga is not going to be a part of the Indian staff for the World Weightlifting Championships 2023 after lacking the trials as a result of damage.
The World Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Riyadh can be Mirabai Chanu’s second competitors of the 12 months. The 28-year-old lifter from Manipur, who underwent a five-month rehabilitation programme following hip surgical procedure final December, competed within the Asian Championships in May and completed sixth.
The World Weightlifting Championships 2023 can be a precursor to the Asian Games 2023. The similar staff, barring Shubham Todkar, will symbolize India on the continental showpiece occasion, scheduled from September 23 to October 8, in Hangzhou, China.
Women: Mirabai Chanu (49kg), Bindyarani Devi (55kg)Men: Shubham Todkar (61kg), Achinta Sheuli (73kg), Narayana Ajith (73kg). (ANI)