Mirabai Channu Wins Silver, Celebrates Her Victory On Twitter

Olympic medalist Mirabai Chanu took to social media to share her joy  following her silver medal triumph at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships. She calls her victory small step to achieve Olympic gold.

"Small step toward ultimate objective of Olympic gold." Mirabai Chanu, an Olympic medalist, won silver on Wednesday in the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Bogota, Colombia.

Chanu tweeted, "Very grateful and humbled by this victory. Small step toward achieving our ultimate Olympic gold objective. Thank you to my coach Vijay sir, our IWLF president Sahdev Yadav sir, Sports Authority of India, and all the supporters. will constantly make you happy."

Mirabai Channu On Silver Medal

Channu previously won gold in the 2017 World Championships with a lift of 194 kg, making this her second world medal (85 kg plus 109 kg). She finished fourth in the 2019 competition.

When Channu had trouble with the overhead lift in her second clean-and-jerk effort, it was clear that she had a wrist issue, but she quickly recovered to finish with the best lift of 113 kg. In the snatch competition, she made the best attempt at 87 kg. With her 113-pound attempt, she won silver in the clean and jerk division.

Channu lifted 200 kg in total (87 kg snatch + 113 kg clean and jerk), which was 2 kg more than Olympic champion Hou Zhihua of China (198 kg) and 6 kg less than Jiang Huihua of China (206 kg; 93 + 113), who took home the gold medal. China's Hou Zhihui won bronze with 198 (89 kg plus 109 kg).

Olympic gold medalist Hou seemed to be struggling on the day, lifting a lot less than her personal bests of 96 kg in the snatch and 118 kg in the clean and jerk ( She holds the world record in that at 119 kg). A lifter must participate in both the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 World Cup in order to qualify for the Paris Olympics. The weightlifting events at the 2024 Paris Olympics will be reduced from 14 at the Tokyo Games to 10 after the 2022 World Championships.

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Kiren Rijiju tweeted, "Congratulations @mirabai_chanu on winning Silver Medal in Weightlifting World Championship! With a total lift of 200kg (87kg snatch + 113kg clean & jerk, Mirabai has made India proud yet again!"

"Since we didn't want to miss the World Championships, there wasn't much we could do about the injury." "Now that there is a lot of time before the subsequent tournament, we will concentrate on her wrist," Vijay Sharma, the head coach of India, informed PTI.