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Mirabai Chanu Wins Silver at World Weightlifting Championships 2025 in 48kg Category
Mirabai Chanu lifted a total of 199kg to win silver in the 48kg category, ending India's medal drought since 2022 at the World Weightlifting Championships.
- On Thursday in Forde, Norway, Mirabai Chanu, the Indian weightlifter, won silver in the women's 48kg at the World Weightlifting Championships 2025, lifting a total of 199 kg.
- Ahead of the event, Vijay Sharma, chief coach, said the goal was to surpass 200 kg after Chanu recently moved down from the 49kg division.
- In the session's decisive lifts, Chanu failed two 87 kg snatch attempts but completed clean and jerk lifts of 109 kg, 112 kg, and 115 kg, matching her Tokyo 2021 best.
- Her silver ended a three-year wait for India and marked Chanu's third Worlds podium, raising India's Worlds medal tally to 18, all won by women.
- Having won Commonwealth gold last month, Chanu fell one kilogram short of the 200 kg target while North Korea's Ri Song-gum set world records with a 213 kg total and 122 kg clean and jerk.
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Mirabai Chanu Claims Silver At World Weightlifting Championships
Mirabai Chanu added another medal to her illustrious career by clinching silver in the 48kg category at the World Championships, overcoming a shaky start in snatch to lift 115kg in clean and jerk and extend her streak of podium finishes at the marquee event
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World Weightlifting Championships: Olympic medalist Mirabai Chanu wins silver
India's Mirabai Chanu returned to the World Weightlifting Championships podium, winning silver in the women's 48kg category-her first world medal since 2022-while North Korea's Ri Song Gum claimed gold with a world record total.
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