A lower again damage had stored Mirabai out of the movement for nearly nine months put up the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Mirabai jumped from 48kg to 49kg following the IWF’s selection to rejig weight classes. Mirabai won the gold in the 48kg category at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.
Pattaya: Former champion Mirabai Chanu will make an appearance to copy her 2017 gold-medal-winning feat and seal an Olympic spot while she spearheads the Indian task at the World Weightlifting Championship, beginning on Wednesday. The ace Indian weightlifter, who had won the gold in the 48kg class at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships, remains India’s brightest medal prospect. Still, she desires to seriously step up her recreation to salvage hopes of a podium finish.
Mirabai made a strong comeback from a decreased again injury that had kept her out of the movement for almost 9 months before the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The 25-12 months-antique, who jumped from 48kg to 49kg following the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) decision to rejig weight classes, has logged personal bests in all three activities that she has competed this 12 months. In the Asian Championships, she lifted a personal quality of 199kg (86 kg + 113 kg) but missed out on the podium by way of a whisker.
However, China’s Zhang Rong had an identical general of 199kg (88 kg + 111 kg) but was ranked better due to a better clutch score. In the remaining edition, Thai weightlifter Chayuttra Pramongkhol, who is presently embroiled in a dope scandal, had broken the World file within the girls’ 49kg category by lifting 209kgs (89+a hundred and twenty) to take home the gold, even as the silver and bronze went for 208kg and 206kg, respectively.
This year, Mirabai may be competing with 2018’s silver and bronze medal winners, China’s Hou Zhihui, the modern international record holder in the 49kg category, and Jiang Huihua, respectively. The Chinese weightlifters have logged an access weight of 210kg, a whopping 10 kg more than Mirabai’s 200kg. Ri Song-gum of North Korea and the Dominican Republic’s Beatriz Piron have also set it at 200kg. The diminutive Manipuri is privy to the Chinese competition and is operating toward achieving the 210kg mark.
“I even have lifted 203kg in education. My goal is 210kg, but it has to be carried out slowly, hopefully, till Tokyo, I will be capable of attaining it,” Mirabai told PTI. National Instruct Vijay Sharma said Mirabai has to raise more than 200kg to combat opposition from the Chinese. “The World Championship is the most crucial opposition for us, and we must enhance our overall right here. Mira’s goal is 2 hundred plus. We ought to reach a 203 kg- 205 kg goal simply, then we can give good combat to the Chinese,” he stated.
Among the male lifters, all eyes will be on Youth Olympic Games gold medallist teen Jeremy Lalrinnunga. The 16-year-old from Mizoram began the year by way of triumphing the silver medal in the EGAT Cup, lifting 131kg in seizing and 157kg in clean and jerk. At the Asian Championships, he smashed the Youth World and Asian records with an attempt of 297kg (134 kg + 163 kg).
However, a podium end appears not to be going as Jeremy has set an entry weight of 305kg to be placed in the B Category. At the 2018 Worlds, the gold turned into gained with a lift of 332kg, even as the silver and bronze went for 323kg and 322kg, respectively. Other Indians in the fray include Commonwealth Championship gold medallist Ajay Singh (81kg) and countrywide champion Achinta Sheuli (73kg).
While none of the athletes can qualify for the Tokyo Games from this tournament alone, a good overall performance at the gold level Olympic qualifying occasion will bolster their probabilities of making it to the Games subsequent 12 months. A lifter must compete in no less than two qualifying tournaments in three separate qualifying cycles — November 2018 to April 2019, May 2019 to October 2019, and November 2019 to April 2020.
