Manipur’s star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal in the women’s 49kg category at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Wednesday, securing the first Asian Games medal of her career and ending India’s 28-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the continental event.
Chanu lifted a total of 198kg, with 87kg in the snatch and 111kg in the clean and jerk, to finish second in the competition.
North Korea’s Ri Song Gum won the gold medal with a combined lift of 215kg.
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