BOGOTA: Indian weightlifters, led through Mirabai Channuwill glance to seek out their rhythm as they kick off their arrangements for the 2024 Paris Olympics with the primary qualifying match — the World Championships, beginning on Monday.
Olympic silver medalist Chanu, Commonwealth Games medalists S Bindiyarani Devi (59kg), Achinta Sheuli (73kg) and Gurdeep Singh (+109kg) will all be in motion for the primary time for the reason that Birmingham Games in August as they target to assemble the desired rating issues to qualify for the Paris Games.
While Chanu, a former global champion, isn’t anticipated to check her limits on this match, head trainer Vijay Sharma desires the opposite lifters to upward thrust to the instance and outdo themselves in no less than one class.
“My expectation for this match is that except for miraEveryone will have to attempt to get a non-public very best in one of the crucial 3 classes. That will display development and can assist them of their qualification
“For Mira, we will try to get 200+ total in every qualifying event so that we qualify for the Olympics,” Sharma instructed PTI.
Chanu has a non-public very best of 207kg (88kg+119kg). She has been seeking to breach the 90kg mark within the grab class since 2020.
However, with the Olympics nonetheless an extended approach to cross and the Asian Games scheduled in September, the Manipuri, who struggles with a again factor that is affecting her grab, would possibly no longer chance lifting 90kg on the marquee match.
“To regularly overload is not prudent. A 200kg + total weight will comfortably lead to qualification so we are not going to take much pressure in this event,” a assured Sharma added.
Currently, Chanu is the top-ranked lifter within the 49kg class. However, all 11 lifters within the class have logged in with beginning weights of 200 or above, the best (205kg) belonging to the 2 Chinese lifters – Tokyo Olympic champion Hou Zhihui and Jiang Huihua.
Meanwhile, Bindiyarani, who received a silver on the CWG within the 55kg match, can be shifting as much as 59kg. And whilst she has the energy, the group is operating on making improvements to her methodology for higher effects.
“Her methodology isn’t that fab, we need to paintings on that first. She has the energy however the methodology is deficient,” Sharma said.
Bindiyarani has been put in the D category based on her entry weight.
CWG champion Sheuli (77kg), bronze medalist Gurdeep (+109kg) and Rishikshanata have been assigned the C category in their respective events and have no realistic chance of winning a medal.
The strongest weightlifters in the world will gather in Bogota for the prestigious event.
The 2022 World Championships are the first qualifying event for the 2024 Paris Olympics, where weightlifting events will be cut from 14 at the Tokyo Games to 10.
However, it is an additional event and not a compulsory one.
Under the 2024 Olympic qualification rule, a lifter has to compulsorily compete in the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 World Cup.
Apart from the above, the lifter also has to participate in three of the following events — the 2022 World Championships, 2023 Continental Championships, the 2023 Grand Prix 1, the 2023 Grand Prix II and the 2024 Continental Championships.
Squad:
Mirabai Chanu (49kg), S Bindiyarani Devi (59kg), Chanambam Rishikanta Singh (61kg), Achinta Sheuli (73kg) and Gurdeep Singh (+109kg).
Olympic silver medalist Chanu, Commonwealth Games medalists S Bindiyarani Devi (59kg), Achinta Sheuli (73kg) and Gurdeep Singh (+109kg) will all be in motion for the primary time for the reason that Birmingham Games in August as they target to assemble the desired rating issues to qualify for the Paris Games.
While Chanu, a former global champion, isn’t anticipated to check her limits on this match, head trainer Vijay Sharma desires the opposite lifters to upward thrust to the instance and outdo themselves in no less than one class.
“My expectation for this match is that except for miraEveryone will have to attempt to get a non-public very best in one of the crucial 3 classes. That will display development and can assist them of their qualification
“For Mira, we will try to get 200+ total in every qualifying event so that we qualify for the Olympics,” Sharma instructed PTI.
Chanu has a non-public very best of 207kg (88kg+119kg). She has been seeking to breach the 90kg mark within the grab class since 2020.
However, with the Olympics nonetheless an extended approach to cross and the Asian Games scheduled in September, the Manipuri, who struggles with a again factor that is affecting her grab, would possibly no longer chance lifting 90kg on the marquee match.
“To regularly overload is not prudent. A 200kg + total weight will comfortably lead to qualification so we are not going to take much pressure in this event,” a assured Sharma added.
Currently, Chanu is the top-ranked lifter within the 49kg class. However, all 11 lifters within the class have logged in with beginning weights of 200 or above, the best (205kg) belonging to the 2 Chinese lifters – Tokyo Olympic champion Hou Zhihui and Jiang Huihua.
Meanwhile, Bindiyarani, who received a silver on the CWG within the 55kg match, can be shifting as much as 59kg. And whilst she has the energy, the group is operating on making improvements to her methodology for higher effects.
“Her methodology isn’t that fab, we need to paintings on that first. She has the energy however the methodology is deficient,” Sharma said.
Bindiyarani has been put in the D category based on her entry weight.
CWG champion Sheuli (77kg), bronze medalist Gurdeep (+109kg) and Rishikshanata have been assigned the C category in their respective events and have no realistic chance of winning a medal.
The strongest weightlifters in the world will gather in Bogota for the prestigious event.
The 2022 World Championships are the first qualifying event for the 2024 Paris Olympics, where weightlifting events will be cut from 14 at the Tokyo Games to 10.
However, it is an additional event and not a compulsory one.
Under the 2024 Olympic qualification rule, a lifter has to compulsorily compete in the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 World Cup.
Apart from the above, the lifter also has to participate in three of the following events — the 2022 World Championships, 2023 Continental Championships, the 2023 Grand Prix 1, the 2023 Grand Prix II and the 2024 Continental Championships.
Squad:
Mirabai Chanu (49kg), S Bindiyarani Devi (59kg), Chanambam Rishikanta Singh (61kg), Achinta Sheuli (73kg) and Gurdeep Singh (+109kg).
