Mirabai Chanu to lead Indian contingent at World Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Riyadh

Mirabai Chanu to lead Indian contingent at World Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Riyadh

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Category : Sports Published on: July 19 2023

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  • The Tokyo 2020 Olympics silver medalist Mirabai Chanu will lead a five-member Indian contingent at the World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • The Riyadh event will be a qualifying event for the 2024 Paris Olympics and will be held from September 4 to 17.
  • Chanu will be competing in the women’s 49 kg category. The two-time world championships medalist will be aiming for a gold. She won gold in 2017 meet at Anaheim while had to settle for silver last year in Bogota.
  • BindyarDevi, the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships gold medal winner, will be taking part in women’s 55 kg event.
  • The men’s team consists of 2022 Commonwealth Games champion Achinta Sheuli, who will be taking part in 73 kg category.
  • The current national-level champion Narayana Ajith, Shubham Todkar, (who secured the gold medal in the 61kg category at the ongoing Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships) will also be competing.
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