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Weightlifting: Mirabai betters her own national record, lifts 203 kg to win gold in Nationals

Former world champion Mirabai Chanu on Tuesday (February 4) bettered her own national record by two-kilogram as she lifted a total of 203kg to win the 49kg gold in the National Weightlifting Championships here.

By Pti
Weightlifting: Mirabai betters her own national record, lifts 203 kg to win gold in Nationals

Kolkata, Feb 4: Former world champion Mirabai Chanu on Tuesday (February 4) bettered her own national record by two-kilogram as she lifted a total of 203kg to win the 49kg gold in the National Weightlifting Championships here.

The 25-year-old Manipuri lifted 88 kg in snatch in her second attempt and 115 kg in clean and jerk for a total of 203 kg. Tuesday's effort has put her in fourth place in world rankings behind Chinese Jiang Huihua (212kg) and Hou Zhihui (211kg) and Korean Ri Song Gum (209kg).

Mirabai's previous best of 201 kg had come at the World Championship in Thailand in September last year, where she had finished fourth.

Story first published: Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 16:39 [IST]
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