GREATER NOIDA: Two-time medallist Mirabai Chanu will as soon as once more spearhead the Indian problem within the International Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in September.
Aside from Chanu (49kg), Commonwealth Video games medallists Bindyarani Devi (55kg) and Achinta Sheuli (73kg), Shubham Todkar (61kg) and Narayana Ajith (73kg) will even compete on this planet tournament.
The similar squad will probably be competing on the Asian Video games, barring Todkar.
It’ll be Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Chanu’s first pageant for the reason that Asian Championships in Might, the place she completed 6th.
Chanu and Bindyarani is recently in St Louis, USA for a 65-day camp below Dr Aron Horschig, a former weightlifter-turned-physical therapist and power and conditioning mentor.
“Mira is not injured, we are working on her strength here. She will compete in the Worlds as well as the Asian Games,” nationwide mentor Vijay Sharma, who’s in america with Chanu, informed PTI.
The month between the Worlds and Asian Video games may be very much less.
The International Championships, that are in most cases held in opposition to the tip of the presen in November and December, are scheduled to start out on September 4, and the Asian Video games get started not up to 20 days upcoming in Hangzhou, China from September 23.
Moment the Asian Video games aren’t a qualifying tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics, an Asiad medal is the one silverware that Chanu hasn’t received.
“An Asian Games medal is the only medal she doesn’t have so she will compete in both events,” Sharma added.
A former global champion, Chanu had returned with a silver medal within the earlier version of the International Championships in December closing presen.
Underneath the 2024 Olympic qualification rule, the 2023 International Championships and the 2024 International Cup are obligatory occasions.
Aside from the 2 above, a lifter additionally has to take part in 3 of please see occasions — the 2022 International Championships, the 2023 Continental Championships, the 2023 Brilliant Prix 1, the 2023 Brilliant Prix II and the 2024 Continental Championships.
The World Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will submit the Olympic Qualification Score (OQR) of every weight division on the finish of the qualification duration.
A weightlifter’s highest 3 performances on the qualifying occasions will probably be taken under consideration for ultimate overview.
Indian Squad:
Girls: Mirabai Chanu (49kg), Bindyarani Devi (55kg)
Males: Shubham Todkar (61kg), Achinta Sheuli (73kg), Narayana Ajith (73kg).
Aside from Chanu (49kg), Commonwealth Video games medallists Bindyarani Devi (55kg) and Achinta Sheuli (73kg), Shubham Todkar (61kg) and Narayana Ajith (73kg) will even compete on this planet tournament.
The similar squad will probably be competing on the Asian Video games, barring Todkar.
It’ll be Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Chanu’s first pageant for the reason that Asian Championships in Might, the place she completed 6th.
Chanu and Bindyarani is recently in St Louis, USA for a 65-day camp below Dr Aron Horschig, a former weightlifter-turned-physical therapist and power and conditioning mentor.
“Mira is not injured, we are working on her strength here. She will compete in the Worlds as well as the Asian Games,” nationwide mentor Vijay Sharma, who’s in america with Chanu, informed PTI.
The month between the Worlds and Asian Video games may be very much less.
The International Championships, that are in most cases held in opposition to the tip of the presen in November and December, are scheduled to start out on September 4, and the Asian Video games get started not up to 20 days upcoming in Hangzhou, China from September 23.
Moment the Asian Video games aren’t a qualifying tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics, an Asiad medal is the one silverware that Chanu hasn’t received.
“An Asian Games medal is the only medal she doesn’t have so she will compete in both events,” Sharma added.
A former global champion, Chanu had returned with a silver medal within the earlier version of the International Championships in December closing presen.
Underneath the 2024 Olympic qualification rule, the 2023 International Championships and the 2024 International Cup are obligatory occasions.
Aside from the 2 above, a lifter additionally has to take part in 3 of please see occasions — the 2022 International Championships, the 2023 Continental Championships, the 2023 Brilliant Prix 1, the 2023 Brilliant Prix II and the 2024 Continental Championships.
The World Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will submit the Olympic Qualification Score (OQR) of every weight division on the finish of the qualification duration.
A weightlifter’s highest 3 performances on the qualifying occasions will probably be taken under consideration for ultimate overview.
Indian Squad:
Girls: Mirabai Chanu (49kg), Bindyarani Devi (55kg)
Males: Shubham Todkar (61kg), Achinta Sheuli (73kg), Narayana Ajith (73kg).
