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Paris: India sustained another heartbreak on Wednesday after lifter Mirabai Chanu bowed out of her Olympicwomen'sign, following the heavy impact of grappler Vinesh Phogat getting disqualified in the Paris Olympics 2024, IANS reported.
Chanu missed out on a Paris Games medal on Wednesday, just like Phogat, who was at least expecting a silver.
The 2020 Tokyo silver medallist finished with a score of 199 kg after the conclusion of the two phases of the competition. Her personal best is 205 kg, which she lifted at the 2020 Asian Championship.
Despite being in the bronze medal spot after her second last attempt, Chanu was pipped to the post by Thailand’s Surodchana Khambao as the Indian failed to lift her final attempt of 114 kg in the catch and jerk phase, which is a disappointment considering she once held the world record for clean and jerk (119kg).
Romania’s Mihaela Cambei was leading with a score of 205, but China’s Zhihui Hou broke the Olympic record to win the gold medal with a score of 107 in her final attempt of the second phase and ended the night with 206 points.
In the snatch phase, Chanu started with a statement, matching Dominican Republic’s Beatriz Piron with the highest lift of the night as she lifted 85 kg weight without difficulty. The two were tied for the best score of the round until Thailand's Surodchana Khambao surpassed them with a score of 86 on her first attempt.
Chanu tried to do her best at the Tokyo Olympics (87 kg) and tried to lift 88 kg on her second attempt, which she was unable to do. However, she was successful in lifting 88kg in her final snatch attempt, which was, at the time, the highest of the night.
Romania's Mihaela Cambei finished with the best attempt of the snatch phase as she lifted 93 kg with her third attempt.
In clean and jerk, Chanu failed to lift 111 kg and made an unsuccessful last-ditch effort of 114 kg. But that was not enough to help her finish with a medal.
Chanu had previously had a total of 202 kg (87 kg snatch, 115 kg clean and jerk) to claim the coveted podium in the women’s 49 kg category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Her all-time best lift is 205, which she achieved at the Asian Championship in 2020.