NEW DELHI: Mirabai Chanu is all set to push the weight envelope at the Birmingham CWG next month. The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist has set herself a target of lifting a record 90kg in snatch and another 120kg in clean and jerk at the Games to defend her Gold Coast CWG title won four years ago.
Mirabai, who will be competing in Birmingham in her preferred 49kg class, holds both the Commonwealth (CR) and the Games record (GR) in snatch and clean & jerk. In Gold Coast, the former world champion had heaved the barbell to 86kg in snatch (CR, GR) and 110kg in clean & jerk (CR, GR) to lift a total of 196kg (CR, GR) en route her gold medal triumph in the 48kg division.
