Ace Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu narrowly missed out on a podium finish, as she finished fourth in the 49kg event at the World Weightlifting Championship.
Mirabai made a strong comeback from a lower back injury that had kept her out of action for nearly nine months post the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Mirabai Chanu, Jhilli Dalabehera, Sneha Soren and Rakhi Halder will represent India in women's event while Jeremy Lalrinnunga, Ajay Singh and Achinta Sheuli will take part in the men's event.
The Indian contingent won 13 medals that included eight gold, three silver and two bronze medals in senior, junior and youth categories.
The 24-year-old Manipuri lifted 82kg in snatch and 110kg in clean and jerk to finish on top of the podium after recovering from the injury, which required extensive physiotherapy.
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Recovering from a back-injury and hence won't take part in the World Championships to be held in November, an Olympic qualifying event.
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The reigning CWG champion is struggling with an unidentified lower-back problem since May and is yet to begin full-fledged weight training.
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Mirabai Chanu (48kg), Sanjita Chanu (53kg), Sathish Sivalingam (77kg), Venkat Rahul Ragala (85kg) and Punam Yadav (69kg) claimed gold, while P Gururaja (56kg) and Pardeep Singh (105kg) fetched silver medals at Commonwealth Games.
CWG gold-medallist Mirabai Chanu had shown her weightlifting prowess even as a 12-year-old when she would comfortably lift more firewoods than her elder brother.
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The 23-year old Chanu smashed the Games records in 48kg category snatch, clean and jerk and overall en route her gold-medal winning performance, which fetched her a thunderous applause from the Australian fans.
Mirabai Chanu, the weightlifter from Manipur, left the competition far behind by setting Games and Commonwealth records in the snatch, clean and jerk as well as the total.
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