Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu wins silver in the women’s 49kg event at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, securing her first Asian Games medal and India’s first weightlifting medal at the Games in 28 years. Multiple outlets report that she totals 198kg, with 87kg in the snatch and 111kg in the clean and jerk, to finish behind gold medallist Ri Song Gum of North Korea.
Mirabai Chanu wins silver in women’s 49kg, ending India’s Asian Games weightlifting medal drought
Key Points
- Mirabai Chanu wins silver in the women’s 49kg weightlifting event at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya.
- Her total is 198kg: 87kg in the snatch and 111kg in the clean and jerk.
- The result ends a 28-year Indian wait for a weightlifting medal at the Asian Games; previous was Karnam Malleswari in 1998.
- Ri Song Gum of North Korea wins gold with 215kg (94kg + 121kg); bronze goes to Wijayana (reported by multiple outlets).
- Chanu had previously missed the podium at Hangzhou 2023 after injury affected her final clean and jerk attempt.
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