Manipur: Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal at the World Championships in Colombia.
Manipur: Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal at the World Championships in Colombia.
Imphal: An Olympic medalist from the northeastern state of Manipur – Mirabai Chanu – has won a silver medal at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Colombia.
Mirabai Chanu from Manipur defeated China’s Hou Zhihua to win the silver medal at the World Championships.
Mirabai lifted a combined weight of 200 kg (87 kg in the snatch and 113 kg in the clean and jerk) while Zhihua’s totaled 198 kg (89 kg in the snatch and 109 kg in the clean and jerk).
On the other hand, Jiang Huihua from China won the gold medal with a combined weight of 206 kg (93 kg plus 113 kg).
“Extremely humbled and grateful for this win. A small step towards our ultimate goal of Olympic gold,” Mirabai Chanu said after winning the silver medal.
He added: “Thanks to my coach Vijay sir, our president IWLF Sahdev Yadav, Sports Authority of India, all stakeholders and well-wishers.”
Mirabai Chanu from Manipur had earlier won gold in the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.
Mirabai won the gold M4edal in the 2022 edition of the Commonwealth Games.
