Mirabai Chanu wins silver in 49kg class at World Championships in Colombia . Chanu was injured in October due to a wrist injury .
Mirabai Chanu, a star Indian weightlifter, was off to a rocky start due to a wrist injury but amazingly won a silver medal at the World Championships on Wednesday in Bogota, Colombia.The Tokyo Olympic silver medalist, who was competing in the 49kg class, snatched 87 kg and in clean and jerk her best effort was a lift of 113 kg.Chinas Jiang Huihua claimed the gold medal with a total effort of 206 kg (93 kg+113 kg), while her compatriot and Tokyo Olympics champion Hou Zhihua 198 kg (89 kg+109 kg) took home the bronze medal.Mira lifts this weight very regularly.
During a training session in September, Chanu, the 2017 world champion, fractured her wrist.Since getting injured in October, she had also qualified for the National Games.We couldn't do anything (about the injury) because we didnt want to miss the World Championships.We will now focus on her wrist because we have a lot of time before the next event, Sharma said. Zhihua even skipped her last clean and jerk attempt to earn bronze.Vuukle partnered Chanu in her first international tournament since the Commonwealth Games.Chanu, the world record holder in the category, achieved the overall and clean and jerk silver in her last two attempts, despite being bandaged.He also took silver in the snatch category, Manipuris' second Worlds medal, after winning gold in 2017.In the continental and World Championships, medals are split for snatch, clean and jerk, and total lift.