 "Paris Olympics 2024: Mirabai Chanu misses medal after finishing fourth in weightlifting")
India’s Mirabai Chanu narrowly missed out on a medal in the women’s 49 kg weightlifting competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics after she finished the tournament in fourth place on Wednesday. In the competition on Wednesday, Chanu finished with a total of 199 kg, with Thailand’s Surodchana Khambao winning bronze with a total lift of 200 kg.
Chanu, who had won silver at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, lifted 88 kg in her snatch round, and followed it up by lifting 111 kg in the clean-and-jerk round.
Mirabai could manage only three lifts out of six attempts. She had only one successful lift in the clean and jerk section. The former world champion had done well to keep herself in medal contention after the snatch event but her failure to lift 114kg in her final clean and jerk attempt cost her dearly. Had she succeeded she would have bagged the bronze medal.
China’s Hou Zhihui smashed the clean and jerk Olympic record as she successfully defended her title with an effort of 206kg (89kg+117kg). Romanian Mihaela Cambei took home the silver with total of 205kg (93kg+112kg) while Surodchana Khambao bagged the bronze for her effort of 200kg (88kg+112kg).
Wearing the gold earrings shaped like Olympic rings presented by her mother ahead of the Rio Games, Mirabai began with a modest 85kg on the barbells, which she smoothly lifted. Having reached the Paris Games on the back of an injury-plagued Olympic cycle, Mirabai did will to keep herself in the mix after the snatch section, which is her Achilles heel.
However to her disbelief, she fluffed her second lift while attempting to equal her personal best of 88kg. But the former world champion put herself in the mix as she successfully snatched 88kg in her final attempt.
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More ShortsCambei led the proceedings after the snatch section as she lifted 93kg in her final attempt while Zhihui who could manage only two legal lifts was 4 kgs behind the Romanian at 89kg.
Mirabai was off to a shaky start in the clean and jerk. The Indian was last to take her first attempt. While she cleaned 111kg, the two-time Commonwealth Games medallist was unable to execute the second part. She immediately made a second attempt at the same weight and much to her and the Indian coaches relief she lifted the barbell.
But things went awry for the Manipuri as she failed her final attempt of 114kg, 5kg less than her personal best in clean and jerk.
With PTI inputs
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