Mira Bai Chanu Brings home Silver Medal : Despite having wrist issue.
<p>Indian weightlifter, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, has won a silver medal at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championship after defeating China’s Hou Zhihua in the competition being held in Colombia.The star weightlifter bagged the silver medal despite a wrist injury. The former world champion had hurt her wrist during a training session in September. The 28-year-old had also participated in the National Games that was held in October. The athlete took to her Twitter account to express her gratitude following the victory. In a tweet where she posted her pictures from the championship, she said that she was extremely humbled and grateful for the victory. She said that it was a small step towards our eventual goal of an Olympic gold medal.The weightlifter went on to thank her coach Vijay, the president of the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) Sahdev Yadav and the Sports Authority of India. “Extremely humbled and grateful for this victory. Small step towards our eventual goal of an Olympic</p>
05:45 PM Dec 07, 2022 IST
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Indian weightlifter, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, has won a silver medal at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championship after defeating China’s Hou Zhihua in the competition being held in Colombia.
The star weightlifter bagged the silver medal despite a wrist injury. The former world champion had hurt her wrist during a training session in September. The 28-year-old had also participated in the National Games that was held in October. The athlete took to her Twitter account to express her gratitude following the victory. In a tweet where she posted her pictures from the championship, she said that she was extremely humbled and grateful for the victory. She said that it was a small step towards our eventual goal of an Olympic gold medal.
The weightlifter went on to thank her coach Vijay, the president of the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) Sahdev Yadav and the Sports Authority of India. “Extremely humbled and grateful for this victory. Small step towards our eventual goal of an Olympic gold. Gratitude to my Coach Vijay sir, our President IWLF Sahdev Yadav sir, Sports Authority of India, all the stakeholders and well wishers. Will always make you proud,” wrote Chanu.
“Despite her wrist injury, she still won a silver medal at the WC with a total lift of 200kg. Congratulations @mirabai_chanu on winning silver in women’s 49kg at the WWC. She beats Olympic champ Hou Zhihua 198kg from China,” tweeted Anurag Thakur, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports.
The Olympic silver medalist lifted a combined weight of 200 kg – 87 kg in snatch and 113 kg in clean and jerk, while Zhihua was limited to 198 kg. The gold medal was won by China’s Jiang Huihua who lifted a combined weight of 206 kg.
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