Mirabai Chanu Wins Gold In Singapore, Qualifies For Commonwealth Games In New 55kg Weight Division
Star Indian lifter Mirabai Chanu qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the 55kg weight category on Friday by clinching the gold in the Singapore Weightlifting International here. Competing in the 55kg weight class for the first time, Chanu lifted 191kg (86kg 105kg) to stand on top of the podium in an uncompetitive field. The second placed lifter -- Australia's Jessica Sewastenko's best effort was 167kg (77kg 90kg), a whopping 24kg less than Chanu's. Elly Cassandra Englebert of Malaysia finished third with a best effort of 165kg (75kg 90kg).