Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu clinches silver at World Weightlifting Championships 2022

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu clinches silver at World Weightlifting Championships 2022

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Category : Sports Published on: December 09 2022

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  • Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu bagged a silver medal in the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Bogota, Colombia.
  • Mirabai lifted a total of 200kg (87kg snatch + 113kg clean & jerk), 2kg more than the Olympic champion from China Hou Zhihua (198kg) and 6kg behind another Chinese, Jiang Huihua (206kg: 93+113) who won the gold medal.
  • Hou Zhihui of China took bronze with 198 (89kg plus 109 kg).
  • This was Mirabai's second Worlds medal, having previously won gold at the 2017 World Championships with a lift of 194kg (85kg plus 109kg). She came in fourth place in the 2019 edition.
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