Ace India weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Thursday missed out on a podium, finishing fourth, in the women’s 49 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championship in Pattaya.
Chanu bettered her own national record as she lifted her personal best in all the three categories but failed to win a medal.
In snatch, she lifted 87 kg followed by 114 kg in clean and jerk for a total of 201 kg.
Jiang Huihua of China clinched the yellow with an effort of 212 kg (94kg+118kg), a new world record surpassing Hou Zhihui of China, who had lifted 210kg.
Incidentally, Zhihui clinched the silver medal, lifting 211kg (94kg+117kg) in the gold level Olympic qualifier. North Korea’s Ri Song Gum claimed the final spot on the podium by lifting 204kg (89kg+115kg).
This was Mirabai’s fourth international competition in this category after the International Weightlifting Federation re-jigged the weight categories last year. She was earlier competing in 48kg.
Meanwhile, Sneha Soren finished second in Group D of the women’s 55kg event.
The 18-year-old lifted a 173 kg (72kg+101kg) to be placed at the second spot in the eight-woman field of the easiest group competition.
In the snatch section, Sneha finished fifth after lifting 72 kgs. However, she was ranked one in the clean and jerk category for her effort of 101kg. Her final standing will be determined after the end of the group A proceedings.
(With agency inputs)