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Mirabai Chanu ends India's 28-year Asian Games weightlifting wait with silver

Chanu completes her medal collection with silver in Nagoya as North Korea's Ri Song-gum sets three world records to win gold.

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What to know

  • Mirabai Chanu's silver is India's first Asian Games weightlifting medal in 28 years, since Karnam Malleswari's 1998 Bangkok silver.
  • The medal completes Chanu's collection of Olympic, World Championship, Commonwealth and Asian Games medals.
  • North Korea's Ri Song-gum set three world records en route to gold, becoming the first woman to win three Asian Games weightlifting titles.
  • Chanu had missed Asian Games podiums twice before, failing a lift in Rio in 2016 and finishing fourth in Hangzhou in 2023 after an injury.

Mirabai ChanuMirabai Chanu Indian weightlifter, women's 49kgRi Song-gum North Korean weightlifter, women's 49kgDiana Tri Wijayana Indonesian weightlifter, women's 49kgKarnam Malleswari Former Indian weightlifter

Mirabai Chanu ends India's 28-year Asian Games weightlifting wait with silver
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    International outlets frame the Nagoya result as a dual milestone

    Al Jazeera and other outlets covered the event as both Ri's record-breaking hat-trick and Chanu's long-awaited medal, with Indonesia's Diana Tri Wijayana taking bronze with a total of 191kg.

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    Ri Song-gum sets three world records to win gold and a hat-trick

    North Korea's Ri Song-gum lifted a total of 215kg (94kg snatch, 121kg clean and jerk), breaking the world record in both disciplines to win North Korea's first gold of the Games and become the first woman to win three Asian Games weightlifting golds.

    1. 1 outlet first by Yahoo Sports, 22h ago · read ↗

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    Mirabai Chanu wins silver in women's 49kg at Nagoya

    Chanu, 32 and the oldest lifter in the seven-woman field, totalled 198kg (87kg snatch, 111kg clean and jerk) to win silver, giving India its first Asian Games weightlifting medal since Karnam Malleswari's 1998 silver in Bangkok and completing Chanu's collection of Olympic, world, Commonwealth and Asian Games medals.

    1. 2 outlets first by Indian Express, 22h ago · also Times of India · read ↗

    2. 1 outlet first by The Hindu, 22h ago · read ↗

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    Indian press previews Chanu's bid to end 28-year medal drought

    Coverage ahead of the competition noted India's weightlifters, led by Mirabai Chanu, were chasing the country's first Asian Games weightlifting medal in 28 years.

    1. 7 outlets After 28 years, Mirabai Chanu finally puts India back on Asian Games weightlifting podium

      first by Times of India, 21h ago · also Forbes India, Al Jazeera, Telegraph India, ESPN India, The Hindu, Indian Express

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    2. 1 outlet India’s weightlifting high meets its Asian Games low: Mirabai Chanu and Co. chase a medal after 28 years

      first by Hindustan Times, 6d ago