Bogota: Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu secured clinched the silver medal in the Weightlifting World Championships here on Wednesday. She lifted a combined weight of 200 kg (87kg in snatch and 113kg in clean and jerk). This was Mirabai's first international event since winning the gold in Commonwealth Games in August.
Chinese lifter Jiang Huihua (206kg) bagged gold and the Olympic champion from Tokyo in the 49kg category Hou Zhihui (198kg) finished with a bronze medal. Mirabai earned the biggest cheer of the night from the crowd at the Gran Carpa Américas Corferias when she made a remarkable 'save' from a seemingly impossible position on her third snatch attempt.
