Mirabai Chanu misses out on second successive Olympic medal, finishes 4th at Paris Video games | Paris Olympics 2024 Information

PARIS: South Paris Enviornment is unfold throughout 35 hectares. It’s a hub of conference centres, part of the Paris Expo. Discovered myself inside Corridor 6 after a frantic stroll by means of a sea of our bodies. This appeared just like the busiest venue on the Paris Video games.
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu had simply walked on the stage through the introduction to loud applause; she was No. 10 on the competitors record in a subject of 12.However that quantity didn’t matter. The Indian lifter who gained a silver at Tokyo Video games was in medal rivalry. She at all times is. Sadly, she completed fourth, simply 1kg behind her Thai rival who took bronze.

Within the snatch, which has pulled her down generally, changing into the distinction between gold and silver, Mirabai lastly ended the jinx of 85kg. She lifted 85kg in her first strive. She appeared comfy. However she missed when the bar was raised to 88kg on her second strive.
She returned decided. On her third strive, she snatched the barbell nicely, sat on her haunches for some time and obtained up for a ‘good carry’. Who is aware of, if she had managed 88kg within the second, she might have gone for 89 or 90kg.

Mirabai completed third in snatch. Tied together with her was Thailand’s Surodchana Khambao. They have been behind Valentin Cambei of Romania (93) and Hou Zhihui of China who lifted 93kg. The hole with the chief was 5kg. The actual battle had begun. The combat for the medals was between these 4 women.
Clear and jerk is the place Mirabai reveals her true mettle. Her first strive started at 111kg. Earlier than that Cambei began with 106kg and went for 110kg on her second strive. Zhou and Suradchana additionally cleared 110kg.

Mirabai then got here in, touched the barbell and her brow in a private prayer, then went for it. She missed it. However she returned and cleared it on her second strive. She had a complete of 199kg. A medal was wanting seemingly. She missed 114kg on her third try to waited for Zhou who was tied together with her with two tries to go. Zhou and Mirabai have been tied at 199kg after her second strive. She lifted 117kg on her third attempt to win the gold with 206kg. Cambei was second and the Thai lady gained bronze, a kg forward of Mirabai.