Mirabai Chanu Claims Maiden Asian Games Medal With Silver in Women's 49kg Weightlifting

Key facts

• Mirabai Chanu won her maiden Asian Games medal, a silver in the women's 49kg weightlifting category at the Nagoya City Trade and Industry Center in Aichi and Nagoya, lifting a total of 198 kg (87 kg snatch, 111 kg clean and jerk).
• North Korea's Ri Song Gum won gold with a total lift of 215 kg, while Indonesia's Wijayana Luluk Diana Tri took bronze.
• Mirabai had finished fourth at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games after injury prevented her final clean and jerk attempt.
• She won silver in the 49kg event at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and set a world record clean and jerk of 119 kg at the Asian Weightlifting Championships on April 17, 2021, which she held until September 5, 2023.
• Mirabai has won three gold medals and a silver at the Commonwealth Games, including gold at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow (48kg), and was awarded the Padma Shri and Khel Ratna in 2018.