New Delhi: Star Indian Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has emerged as a strong competitor in the women’s 49kg category in running the Olympics, making it one of the smartest medal prospects in the Tokyo Games.
Lone Indian Weightlifter to qualify for the Tokyo match, Chanu will be eager to redeem the disappointing show at the Rio 2016 Olympics where he failed to record a legal elevator in his three attempts in clean and jerk and thus could not get the total total at 48kg of women.
PTI saw Chanu’s strength and weakness in front of the Tokyo match.
Chanu’s comeback from a gloomy show at Rio Games five years ago has become extraordinary to say the least.
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https://t.co/huqjkvnm79- Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (@mirabai_Chanu) 1626441808000not Only he silenced the detractors by winning gold in the World Championship in 2017 and a common year game a year later, Manipuri was not determined by the problem, which damaged his progress on In 2018, and changed the category of weight to 49kg of the original 48 kg after the international federation decided to introduce a new category in sports in the Tokyo match.
What caused his fall in the Rio game – which was clean and jerk – now it has become the power of Chanu.
The 26-year-old has consistently improved in the section to remain in the dispute for medals at the top events.
In fact, Chanu currently holds a world record and jerk in the women’s 49kg category.
He managed to raise 119kg in the Asian championship, his last tournament ahead of the Tokyo match, in April to win a gold medal in the whole section and bronze.
# Misitokyo2020 https://t.co/2fwtug2i3a- Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (@mirabai_Chanu) 1626532515000Kerja Bonded to increase his trust when he headed to the weightlifting arena on July 24.
While the appearance of Superior Chanu in Clean and Jerk has helped him stay equivalent to his opponents in the tournament recently, his appearance on the Snatch event often proved to be his Achilles heel.
The 26-year-old player, indeed, struggled while lifting the burden in seizing due to his shoulder injury.
In the Asian championship recently, Chanu failed to raise 85kg in two of his first mining efforts and in danger of being eliminated from the competition before he managed to raise 86kg in his last effort.
However, the effort was 10kg less defeat from the elevator of the Chinese lifting world Hou Zhihui from 96kg in the same competition.
Chanu’s best snatch is 88kg, which he lifted in the national championship in February last year.
Chanu realized his weakness and had done it with Dr.
Aaron Horschig, a former swelling turned physical therapist and coach of strength and conditioning.
He has reached Tokyo after undergoing 50 days of training in St.
Louis, USA.
Mirabai Chanu: Lone Gullifting India at the Tokyo Olympics
