Mirabai Chanu creates new world report in Clean and Jerk, wins bronze at Asian Championships

Mirabai Chanu created a brand new world report in Clean and Jerk and breached the 200-mark for the primary time on strategy to profitable the bronze medal on the Asian Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Saturday.
Mirabai lifted a complete of 205 kg (Snatch: 86 kg + Clean and Jerk: 119 kg), crossing the 200-mark for the primary time and creating a brand new private greatest. She created a brand new world report in Clean and Jerk with a carry of 119 kg, bettering the earlier world report of 118 kg within the ladies’s 49-kg class.
This was the primary time Mirabai Chanu crossed the 200kg-mark in a world competitors.

Congrats @mirabai_chanu in your new world report in clear and jerk 119kg first indian ladies weightlifter creat historical past #mirabaichanuworldrecord
— sathish sivalingam weightlifter (@imsathisholy) April 17, 2021
Mirabai Chanu, 2017 world champion within the 48kg and a Commonwealth Games gold and silver-medallist, now competes within the 49kg class, a Tokyo 2020 occasion.

Congratulations @mirabai_chanu in your NEW WORLD RECORD! You deserve your success. Way to Go⚡️#RoadToTokyo #olympics2021@KirenRijiju @Media_SAI pic.twitter.com/i0zV0rnU7O
— Jeremy Lalrinnunga (@raltejeremy) April 17, 2021
By participating within the Asian meet, Mirabai additionally just about sealed her sport for the Tokyo Olympics. She accomplished the standards of taking part in six eligible occasions in a interval beginning November 1, 2018.
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