After some heartbreaking events for Indian contingents on Wednesday, the Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu lifted 89 kg in snatch and 111 kg in Clean and Jerk to finish fourth in the women's 49kg category at the Paris Olympics 2024.
The Indian contingent added eight medals to its tally with shooting contributing five of them. India are now in 4th position on medal standings and will hope to add many more on Saturday with tennis and squash finals in the line-up. India's star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will begin her campaign.
Jeremy, who participated in the 67 kg category during CWG will bulk up as International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has scrapped this category from the upcoming Olympics.
The 19-year-old thrashed the opponents by lifting a total weight of 300 kg and registered games record.
The Olympics medallist Chanu lifted a total weight of 201kg and created a new Commonwealth Games record.
Gururaja's bronze win added the 127th medal to the tally of India's weightlifting medals in the Commonwealth.
So far, Australia leads the medals tally board by winning 17 medals followed by Team England with 12 medals.
Mirabai Chanu who is being considered one of India's biggest hope to win the medal at CWG is all set to headline the inaugural edition of the Khelo India Youth, Junior and Senior National ranking women weightlifting championships to be held at Nagrota Bagwan, Himachal Pradesh from June 14 to 22.
Indian lifters Vikas Thakur and Venkat Rahul Ragala sealed Commonwealth Games berth on Sunday by clinching the gold and bronze medals respectively in the men's 96kg event at the Singapore Weightlifting International
Mirabai Chanu's heartwarming tale of redemption at the Tokyo Olympics was the defining moment for Indian weightlifting in a reasonably successful 2021 but the sport itself faced an uncertain future globally with long-standing governance and doping-related problems threatening its place in the Olympics going forward.
The 22-year-old weightlifter came up with the best effort of 73kg in snatch and 94 kg in clean and jerk for a total of 167kg
The decision voted in by International Olympic Committee members comes during prolonged issues with the leadership of weightlifting and boxing.
Mirabai Chanu created history by clinching India's first silver medal in weightlifting in Olympics' history. Chanu won the medal in the 49kg category. The 26-year-old lifted 87kg in snatch and 115kg in the Clean and Jerk event to score a total of 202.
Mirabai Chanu says she don't just belong to Manipur but whole India and is happy to win India their first medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Let's take a look at who are the major rivals that Indian weightlifter's Saikhom Mirabai Chanu faces on the day as Tokyo Olympics kicks off this weekend.
Former weightlifter Malleswari is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal at Sydney in 2000 by lifting 110 kilogram and 130 kilogram in the 'snatch' and 'clean and jerk' categories.
The Ukrainian weightlifter was considered a medal contender for the Tokyo games after he won the European title in the 109-kilogram category in April.
Eight weightlifters will be a part of the two-month camp to be held at Railway's Mahalakshmi Stadium in Mumbai.
Irani is chair of the IWF Medical Committee and a former chair of the IWF Anti-Doping Commission.
The statement by the federation noted an independent investigation is ongoing into the allegations made by German broadcaster ARD in a report in January.
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