Mirabai Chanu, Saikhom

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Graphic courtesy: The Times of India

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2017

Gold at Weightlifting Championships

November 30, 2017: The Times of India

HIGHLIGHTS

Chanu became only the second Indian weightlifter to win gold at the World Weightlifting Championships

Karnam Malleswari did it back in 1995

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has lifted a new world record of 194kg - 85kg snatch and 109kg clean-and-jerk - to lift gold at the World Weightlifting Championships, becoming only the second Indian weightlifter after Karnam Malleswari to achieve that feat.

Thailand's Sukcharoen Thunya won the silver medal with a total lift of 193, while Segura Ana Iris bagged bronze with 182kg.