Two-time medalist Mirabai Chanu will as soon as once more spearhead the Indian problem within the World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in September.
Apart from Chanu (49kg), Commonwealth Games medalists Bindyarani Devi (55kg) and Achinta Sheuli (73kg), Shubham Todkar (61kg) and Narayana Ajith (73kg) may even compete on this planet tournament.
The identical squad will likely be competing on the Asian Games, barring Todkar.
It will likely be Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Chanu’s first pageant because the Asian Championships in May, the place she completed 6th.
Chanu and Bindyarani are recently in St Louis, USA for a 65-day camp underneath Dr Aron Horschig, a former weightlifter-turned-physical therapist and energy and conditioning trainer.
“Mira is not injured, we are working on her strength here. She will compete in the Worlds as well as the Asian Games,” nationwide trainer Vijay Sharma, who’s in the United States with Chanu, instructed PTI.
The time between the Worlds and Asian Games may be very much less.
The World Championships, that are normally held against the top of the 12 months in November and December, are scheduled to start out on September 4, and the Asian Games get started lower than 20 days later in Hangzhou, China from September 23.
While the Asian Games aren’t a qualifying tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics, an Asiad medal is the one silverware that Chanu hasn’t received.
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“An Asian Games medal is the only medal she doesn’t have so she will compete in both events,” Sharma added.
A former international champion, Chanu had returned with a silver medal within the earlier version of the World Championships in December ultimate 12 months.
Under the 2024 Olympic qualification rule, the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 World Cup are obligatory occasions.
Apart from the 2 above, a lifter additionally has to take part in 3 of the next occasions — the 2022 World Championships, the 2023 Continental Championships, the 2023 Grand Prix 1, the 2023 Grand Prix II and the 2024 Continental Championships.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will put up the Olympic Qualification Rating (OQR) of every weight class on the finish of the qualification length.
A weightlifter’s absolute best 3 performances on the qualifying occasions will likely be taken into consideration for ultimate evaluation.
Indian Squad
Women: Mirabai Chanu (49kg), Bindyarani Devi (55kg)
Men: Shubham Todkar (61kg), Achinta Sheuli (73kg), Narayana Ajith (73kg).ira