AIZAWL: Teenaged Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga will appear to procure the Olympic Games berth at the 67kg class if the 2021 junior World Championships, the previous qualification event, will be held at Tashkent from May 21 to 31. Weightlifting eligibility for the Tokyo Olympics relies on world rankings, also Lalrinnunga is set 26th in his weight category. To be eligible for the Olympics, ” he wants to perform better than South Korea’s Myeongmok Han, who’s placed 20th. Although physicians have advised that the 18-year-old not to worry his knee a great deal, the youthful weightlifter is pushing hard to enhance his personal best of 306kgs (140kg in grab and 166kg in clean and jerk). The Mizoram lifter, who became India’s first Youth Olympics gold medallist at 2018, should lift 310kgs in the Tashkent championship to get any prospect of usurping the Korean lifter at the’Gold Level’ status occasion. Another significant obstacle for the lifter would be that a knee injury that he suffered during the Asian Championships in Tashkent past month. Because of this accident, Lalrinnunga’s functionality endured and that he finished eighth. Lalrinnunga has experienced a MRI scan and doctors have advised him to not place stress on his knees. However, Lalrinnunga, who’s training in National Institute of Sport (NIS), Patiala, is optimistic of complete healing. “I’m focusing on strengthening at this time. I’ve begun doing light training with all the world event round the corner. I have over a fortnight to recuperate. I am hoping to compete at the Uzbekistan occasion and make requisite rank points,” that the Olympic station quoted Lalrinnunga as stating. India’s girl weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who won bronze in the Asian Championships a month, includes secured her Olympic place at the 49kg class.
Despite Accident, lifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga Planning for Olympic berth
