Target Olympic podium Mirabai: Rijiju congratulates weightlifter on world record lift
NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Sunday congratulated Mirabai Chanu after she set a new world record in Clean and Jerk as she lifted 119 kg at Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent to cross the old mark of 118 kg.
Mirabai also created a new national record as she lifted a total of 205 kg (86 kg snatch + 119 kg Clean and Jerk) which also won her the bronze medal at the showpiece event.
Taking to Twitter Rijiju wrote, “In her first international competition in more than a year, @mirabai chanu makes a new national record of 205 kgs at the Asian Championships and won bronze medal. Her perfect clean and jerk lift of 119 kg is a new world record! Target Olympic Podium Mirabai!”
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Olympic medallist Boe to work with Chirag-Satwik ahead of Tokyo Games
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Olympic silver medallist Mathias Boe of Denmark will coach the World No. 10 Indian men s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy in the run up to the Tokyo Games.
The decision to hire the services of Boe was taken on Friday by the Sports Authority of India s (SAI) Mission Olympic Cell under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme. Boe, a silver medallist at the 2012 London Olympics, has been roped in on the request of Chirag and Satwik.
Satwik and Chirag are currently ninth in the Race to Tokyo with 16 pairs eligible. During his tenure, Boe will also help other doubles team under the TOPS mixed doubles pair of Satwik and Ashwini Ponnappa and women s doubles duo of Ashwini and Sikki Reddy.