Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu clinches silver despite wrist pain

BOGOTA (Colombia): Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu battled wrist pain to clinch a silver medal in the women's 49kg division at the World Weightlifting Championships 2022, here.

Mirabai lifted a total weight of 200kg (87kg snatch + 113kg clean and jerk) on Tuesday night for her second world championships medal. She won the gold in 2017 and finished fourth in the 2019 edition.

Jiang Huihua of China won her third world championships gold medal with a combined lift of 206 kg (93kg+113kg) while Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Hou Zhihui of China settled for bronze for 198kg (89kg+109kg).

The 28-year-old Indian hurt her wrist during training in September. She then competed at the National Games the following month despite the injury.

"It's an emotionally proud moment for me to bring another world championship medal back home after five long years. The competition at the world championship is always intense with the best Olympian competing at the highest level," said Mirabai after winning the medal. "I had a wrist pain but I am always ready to push myself to cross the line for my country....I hope I'll be able to give India more of such moments, preferably a Gold at the Asian Games and Paris Olympics as well," she added. (IANS)

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