Jinju (Korea), May 5 (PTI) Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu’s Asian Championship campaign did not go as per plan as she faltered in snatch and chose not to make her last two clean and jerk attempts to finish sixth here on Friday.

The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, competing in the 49kg category, managed to lift 85kg in snatch and 109kg in clean and jerk for an overall effort of 194kg, a whopping 13kg less than her personal best of 207kg.

Japan’s Rira Suzuki, who was competing in the B group finished with the same total 194kg (83kg+111kg). But since she competed before Chanu she finished ahead of the Indian.

Chanu started the snatch with an 85kg lift, which she executed perfectly.

She then set a weight of 88kg as she attempted to match her personal best. The Manipuri, however, failed to heave the barbell in her next two attempts and had to be content with an 85kg total in snatch.

Four lifters had better snatch results than Chanu, all lifting 90kg or above.

While Chanu herself has been trying to breach the 90kg-mark in snatch since 2020, head coach Vijay Sharma had told

Source: PTI News