“I have to do better than the 209kg if I have to keep myself in the frame for a Tokyo Olympics Gold. Even the fourth-place finisher lifted 201kg.
The 2018 World Championships in Turkmenistan was held under the new weight system and the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners there lifted 209kg, 208kg and 206kg respectively. The least Olympic weight in the women’s category has been changed to 49kg from earlier 48kg.
Last year IWF introduced the new bodyweight categories both men and women in the Olympics and other global events. She had won the 2017 World Championships Gold (in 48kg) with a total lift of 194kg. Her personal best in 48kg is 196kg, which she lifted while winning Gold at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games last year. It will not be easy for the 24-year-old Manipuri to improve 10kg in one and a half years. It will not be easy but my target is to do that and I will have to work harder than before,” she added. My aim is to touch 210kg before the Tokyo Olympics, which will be the world record. “I am doing 199-200kg during training and I am confident of going past 200kg in the actual competitions in the next few months. So, the competition will be tougher now,” Mirabai said. Moreover, some lifters, who were competing in 53kg earlier will now come down to 49kg. “With the increase of 1kg from 48 to 49, all the weightlifters will now try to increase their total lift. She finished on top with an effort of 192 kg.īut Mirabai knows only too well that she will have to go way beyond the 200kg mark sooner than later so that she can compete with the best in the world in her new weight category. Mirabai, a 2017 World Championships Gold medallist (in 48kg) was laid low due to a lower back injury that kept her out for eight months, claimed Gold at the EGAT Cup in Thailand last week in her new 49 kg category. She made a successful comeback after an injury lay-off, but India’s top weightlifter Mirabai Chanu realises that she needs to improve her performance by a few notches if she wants to claim Gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
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