Weightlifting 49kg Asian Games, HIGHLIGHTS: Mirabai Chanu suffers thigh injury, finishes 4th with 191kg total - Hangzhou 2022

A total weight of 191kg for the India’s Mirabai Chanu. She fell a few kilos short in both disciplines. An 86kg lift in snatch could have put her in position to challenge with her strong Clean & Jerk. But it was not to be due to a thigh injury. Even in Clean & Jerk, she was restricted to 108kg, failing twice on 117kg.

History for Ri! 124kg in clean & jerk to go with 92kg in the snatch round to get her to 216kg overall. She has tears as she hugs her coach.

It’s silver for China’s Jiang Huihua and bronze for Thailand’s Thanyathon Sukcharoen.

She goes with a lift of 122kg and pulls it off too. This takes her overall weight to 214kg.

This is a Word Record-equalling score as well.

It is 119kg for the Chinese on the final lift. She gets a total weight of 213kg to be the prime contender for the gold.

Chanu cannot get a lift on the third try too. She goes down from her squat position and and seems to have done something to her right thigh.

She ends with a total weight of 191kg which will put her on the fourth place.

Huihua manages 117kg on her second lift to take her total to 211kg. That’s good enough for a first place.

She can get the clean part sorted and sees the bar slip from her shoulders.

The second attempt coming up for the Indian

A massive lift from the second placed lifter after snatch round. This is going to be a tight finish.

Huihua starts with 111kg. No trouble in doing so.

The Thai lifter, who is first right now, gets 109kg on the last attempt which puts her total at 199kg.

Sensational! Mirabai Chanu has pulled herself back into the medal contention with a lift of 108kg.

Her total weight of 191kg puts her in second place as of now.

The Thailand lifter makes a 107kg lift on her second attempt, going better than her 100kg on the first try.

The Thai lifter fails to register a lift in clean & jerk.

That’s one competitor going down for Chanu.

The Thai lifter, another one who had a better lift than Mirabai in Snatch, falters on 103kg on her first try.

The Philippines lifter, who recorded 87kg in snatch, starts the clean & jerk round with 100kg.

Sportstar’s correspondant from the venue, “She has a thigh injury. Aggravated an existing issue. Physio says she will be fine but not 100%.”

The Indian is outside the medal places for now. A disappointing result so far for her. 86kg is a weight that is well within her reach but it was not to be today.

She made a hobbling walk back to the back room too after the third lift. Hope that is nothing serious.

She now has three clean & jerk lifts to cut the gap and make an attempt at the bronze medal. The gold and silver look a bit too far for her.

She goes for a 95kg attempt to better Jiang’s attempt but it proves to be a tad too much for her.

The Chinese with a remarkable 94kg lift on her final attempt to snatch the lead back.

A massive 92kg lift from the North Korea athlete. She storms to the top. Impressive comeback after she had failed on her 90kg attempt earlier.

The Chinese breezes past the first lift of 88kg.

It’s still a no go on the third attempt. Two invalids attempts at 86kg. She takes her time after she gets the barbell over her shoulders but cannot make the final push with her lower body.

She will register a best of 83kg after the snatch round.

It’s a red flag for Mirabai on the second attempt at 86kg.

That’s a clean lift. Three green dots for Chanu at 83kg.

The perfect start for the Indian.

The Vietnamese has not trouble with a 77kg lift on the first try. She now raises the weight to 80kg for the second attempt.

The Japanese lifter start her set with a fault on 75kg. She will use second of her three lifts now to get the lift.

Mirabai Chanu will have a stiff challenge from China’s Jiang Huihua - the world record and holder.

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