Olympic silver medalist Mirabai Chanu expectedly gained the gold medal with a complete carry of 191 kgs within the girls’s 49kg weightlifting pageant on the thirty sixth Nationwide Video games.
Mirabai, who had claimed the Commonwealth Video games gold medal in Birmingham in August, walked away with the identify after lifting 84kg in seize and 107 kgs in blank & jerk. Taking part in her 2nd Nationwide Video games, Mirabai printed that she was once nursing an harm in her left wrist, because of which she didn’t opt for her 3rd makes an attempt in each sections. “I latterly injured my left wrist all through coaching at NIS, Patiala, and then I made certain to not chance it additional. The International Championships are arising in December,” she mentioned.
“This is a proud second for me to constitute Manipur on the Nationwide Video games, and the joy doubled when I used to be requested to guide the contingent on the Opening Rite. It generally will get irritating to wait opening ceremonies as my tournament begins early day after today, however I felt I will have to problem myself this time round,” she added.
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The diminutive Manipuri, who’s aiming for her first podium end on the Asian Video games subsequent yr, prefers to stick within the second and concentrate on the International Championships the place she is predicted to be up in opposition to weightlifters from the Asian powerhouses. “Sure an Asian Video games medal is lacking from the cupboard, and it’s one thing that’s at the again of my thoughts. It is going to my first Asian Video games after lacking out at the 2018 version with a again harm. The contest stage on the Asiad shall be nice, however for me, the principle focal point now’s the Worlds, the place I can get to compete in opposition to the similar weightlifters,” the 28-year-old mentioned.
Sanjita Chanu settled for the silver medal with a complete carry of 187 kgs (Grab 82kg, C&J 105kg), whilst Odisha’s Sneha Soren picked up the bronze after totalling 169kg (Grab 73kg, C&J 96kg) on the Mahatma Mandir right here.
“It is a particular second for me. However congratulations to Mirabai. She merits the entire reward and accolades for her good effort,” a visibly emotional Sanjita mentioned in a free up. “It feels nice to compete on the Nationwide Video games, and constitute my state. The closing time (in Kerala 2015), I gained the gold in a decrease weight class, however after seven years, the extent of pageant for sure is going up.”
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In seize, Mirabai seized an early merit through elevating the bar to 81kgs in her first actual try, sooner than a blank effort of 84kg in her 2nd carry gave her a cushion of 3kgs over her Manipuri statemate Sanjita, who may just set up 80kg and 82kgs in her first two makes an attempt.
Sanjita’s 3rd try of lifting 84kg was once adjudged a bad. Mirabai most popular to save lots of her power and didn’t flip up for the 3rd try.
In blank and jerk, Sanjita lifted 95kgs in her first try sooner than elevating the bar to 100kg and 105kg, with all 3 makes an attempt getting the golf green gentle from the judges.