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Olympic Medalist Mirabai Chanu Bags Silver Medal At World Weightlifting Championships

Mirabai Chanu ensured a podium finish for the first time in three years at the World Weightlifting Championships.

Hyderabad: India’s Olympic medalist Mirabai Chanu secured her third podium finish at the QWorld Weightlifting Championships, clinching the silver medal with a total lift of 199 kg in the 48 kg category in Førde, Norway. Chanu, who took part in the World Championships for the first time in three years, lifted 84 kg in snatch and 115kg in clean and jerk. While she finished in second place, defending champion Ri Song-gum of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea won the gold medal.

After winning the gold medal in the 2017 edition in Anaheim, California, Chanu

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