On September 30, 2023, Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu suffered a right thigh injury on the competition platform in Hangzhou and left the arena grimacing in pain. Her dream of landing a medal in the Asian Games remained unfulfilled.
Injuries have troubled the 29-year-old in the last few years and the one in Hangzhou agonisingly kept her from lifting weights for several months with less than a year left for the Paris Olympics.
On April 1, Mirabai returned to register a total (184kg to finish an overall 12th) in the Phuket World Cup, the last Olympic qualifying event. The aggregate was way below her capability, but it delighted the champion lifter.
