Mirabai Chanu’s courageous push for a second consecutive Olympic medal ended on a disappointing note with the Tokyo Games silver medallist managing a fourth place finish with an aggregate of 199kg in the weightlifting hall of the South Paris Arena here on Wednesday. With a clear target of securing a 200kg-plus total to assure herself a medal, the ace Indian …
Ajay Singh managed a total effort of 319kg to finish fourth best in the men’s 81kg event. Birmingham: A low snatch total and a fluffed clean and jerk lift cost Ajay Singh dear as the Indian weightlifter missed the bronze medal by a whisker in his maiden Commonwealth Games appearance on Monday. To the crowd’s absolute delight, home favourite England’s …
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