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Fit-Again Mirabai Chanu Eyes 90kg Plus Snatch Lift In Paris Olympics

admin — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:45:51 +0000

Tokyo Olympics silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who is taking it easy since returning to action following a six-month injury lay-off, is targeting a lift of above 90kg in snatch in next month’s Paris Games. Chanu, who suffered hip tendonitis and finished fourth in the 49kg women’s category in the last Asian Games, returned to competition with a lift of 184 kgs (81kg snatch and 103kg clean and jerk) at the Phuket World Cup in April this year. She knows that anything less than a 200kg total lift (snatch clean and jerk) won’t be enough to win a medal in Paris and she is working towards that with her long-time coach Vijay Kumar Sharma.

“The injury is fine, I have completely recovered from that but I am going slowly in training. In training now I am lifting 80-85 per cent in repetitions, I am not lifting 100 per cent till the Olympics.

“88kg in snatch and 119kg in clean and jerk are my best, but my target is 90kg plus in snatch in Paris, and I will try my best,” Chanu said during a virtual interaction facilitated by Sports Authority of India (SAI).

“Right now, I am going gradually and lifting 70-80kgs in training but my target is 90kg plus and better clean jerk lift but I can’t say a specific target. I will do what it takes and try to give my best performance to win a medal, but I can’t predict the colour of the medal.” Chanu said the injury phase was a great learning experience for her.

“I learnt a lot after the injury. I learnt how to keep myself safe because injuries can happen anytime. We need to follow instructions of coaches, adopt right techniques, rest and exercise properly, and how to build your muscles,” she said.

“I understand my body. Injuries can happen anytime and these are difficult phases but we need to motivate ourselves and keep believing in ourselves.” The star Indian weightlifter said self doubts, which creep up post injury, can make things more difficult for an athlete.

“Problems did happen but I am happy that I made a comeback. It was difficult, there is always self doubt when recovery will happen, how to recover soon and stuffs like these. All these questions came up in mind because I was counting days as the Olympics was near.

“But I didn’t give up and believed in myself, worked according to my coaches and physio and recovered fully,” Chanu said.

She is not shying away from the fact that there will be pressure on her in Paris.

“Pressure is there because in Tokyo, on the first day I got a medal for India. I will try to give my best performance and win a medal for the country in Paris.” Chanu is currently training in NNIS, Patiala and will be leaving for Paris on July 7 for a training stint.

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Weightlifting: Mirabai Chanu’s Asian Games Campaign Ends In Heartbreak, Finishes 4th

admin — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 09:21:39 +0000

Ace Indian lifter Mirabai Chanu’s Asian Games campaign ended in heartbreak as the Olympic medallist fell on her back to injure herself, finishing fourth in the women’s 49kg event in Hangzhou on Saturday. Chanu, who was under pressure after a disappointing snatch outing, went for a 117kg clean and jerk lift which would have won her the bronze, but failed to clear it twice. In in her final attempt she fell flat on her back and had to be lifted off the stage. She left the weighting arena limping.

In the snatch section, she could only lift 83kg and failed twice in her attempt for 86kg. In the last snatch, she failed to rise from a squat position and fell forward while the bar fell at her back.

Six lifters logged a better snatch than her.

Indian women’s campaign end with consolation win over Nepal in Handball

The Indian women’s handball team ended its campaign on a positive note after beating lower-ranked Nepal in their last match at the Asian Games on Saturday. India finished at the fifth spot.

India dished out a clinical performance to outwit Nepal 44-19 in a Group B match at the Zhejiang Normal University Xiaoshan Gymnasium.

India’s Nidhi Sharma scored maximum 11 goals with an impressive strike rate of 84.61, helping her side to a comfortable victory.

However, India are already out of medal contention after losing their two group stage matches. They had lost to 2018 silver medallist Japan and Jakarta bronze medallist China, while one match ended up in a draw against Hong Kong.

In the last edition, India finished at the ninth spot.

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Asian Games 2023 September 30 Live Updates: India Face China In Shooting Gold Match; Mirabai Chanu’s Weightlifting Event On

admin — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:27:44 +0000

Asian Games 2023 Live: here’s India’s full schedule for today!

3×3 BASKETBALL

10:55 AM: Men’s qualification to quarterfinals – India vs Iran

1:00 PM: Women’s qualification to quarterfinals – India vs Malaysia

(3:30 PM onwards quarterfinals, subject to qualification)

ATHLETICS

6:35 AM onwards: Men’s Long Jump Qualifying Groups A and B – Murali Sreeshankar & Jeswin Aldrin

6:38 AM onwards: Women’s Heptathlon 100m Hurdles- Swapna Barman & Nandini Agasara

6:45 AM onwards: Women’s 100m Hurdles Heats (1 & 2) – Jyothi Yarraji, Nithya Ramraj

7:05 AM onwards: Men’s 1500m Round 1 Heats – Ajay Kumar Saroj & Jinson Johnson

7:20 AM onwards: Women’s Heptathlon High Jump- Swapna Barman & Nandini Agasara

4:40 PM onwards: Women’s Heptathlon Shot Put- Swapna Barman & Nandini Agasara

5:30 PM onwards: Women’s 400m Final – Aishwarya Kailash Mishra

5:40 PM onwards: Men’s 400m Final – Muhammed Ajmal

5:50 PM onwards Men’s 10,000m Final – Karthik Kumar, Gulveer Singh

6:35 PM onwards: Women’s Heptathlon 200m – Swapna Barman & Nandini Agasara

BADMINTON

2:30 PM onwards: Men’s Team Semifinal- India vs South Korea

BOXING

11:30 AM onwards: Women’s 54kg Quarterfinals – Preeti (IND) vs Zhaina Shekerbekova (KAZ)

12:15 PM onwards: Women’s 75kg Quarterfinals – Lovlina Borgohain (IND) vs Suyeon Seong (KOR)

1:00 PM onwards: Men’s 57kg Round of 16 – Sachin Siwach (IND) vs Abuquthailah Turki (KUW)

2:15 PM onwards: Men’s +92kg Quarterfinals – Narender (IND) vs Ramezanpourdelavar Iman (IRI) – 2:15 PM

6:30 PM onwards: Men’s 71kg Quarterfinals – Nishant Dev (IND) vs Okazawa Sewonrets Quincy Mensah (JAP)

BRIDGE

6:30 AM onwards

Men’s Team Round Robin 2-1

Women’s Team Round Robin 2-1

Mixed Team Round Robin 2-1

11:00 AM onwards

Men’s Team Round Robin 2-2

Women’s Team Round Robin 2-2

Mixed Team Round Robin 2-2

1:30 PM onwards

Men’s Team Round Robin 2-3

Women’s Team Round Robin 2-3

Mixed Team Round Robin 2-3

4:00 PM onwards

Men’s Team Round Robin 2-4

Mixed Team Round Robin 2-4

KAYAKING & CANOEING

7:20 AM onwards: Niraj Verma – Men’s Canoe Singles 1000m – Heat 1

(Semifinals at 12:45 PM)

7:45 AM onwards: Team India – Women’s Kayak Double 500m – Heat 2

(Semifinals at 1:00 PM)

8:15 AM onwards: Team India – Men’s Canoe Double 500m – Heat 1

(Semifinals at 1:15 PM)

CHESS

12:30 PM onwards

Men’s Team Round 2

Women’s Team Round 2

DIVING

3:00 PM: Men’s Synchronised 3m Springboard Final – London Singh Hemam & Siddharth Bajrang Pardeshi

EQUESTRIAN

05:30 AM: Eventing Dressage Team & Individual

GOLF

4:00 AM onwards

Women’s Individual Round 3 – Pranavi Sharath Urs, Avani Prashanth, Aditi Ashok

Women’s Team Round 3 – Pranavi Sharath Urs, Avani Prashanth, Aditi Ashok

Men’s Individual Round 3 – Anirban Lahiri, Shubhankar Sharma, SSP Chawrasia, Khalin Josh

Men’s Team Round 3 – Anirban Lahiri, Shubhankar Sharma, SSP Chawrasia, Khalin Josh

HANDBALL

11:30 AM: Women’s Preliminary Round Group B – IND vs NEP

HOCKEY

4:00 PM: Preliminary Men’s Pool A – IND vs PAK

KURASH

6:00 AM onwards:

Women’s 52kg – Preliminary & Elimination – Pincky Balhara & Suchika Tariyal

Men’s 66Kg Preliminary & Elimination – Keshav

(Semifinals and finals at 11:30 AM)

ROLLER SKATING

6:30 AM: Women’s speed skating 10000m point-elimination race final – Heeral Sadhu, Aarthy Kasturi Raj

7:05 AM: Men’s speed skating 10000m point-elimination race final – Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Rahul Kamble

SHOOTING

06:30 AM onwards:

10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification – Sarabjot Singh & Divya T S

Men’s Trap-75 Shots – Individual & Team – Qualification (Stage 1) – Prithviraj Tondaiman, Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu

Women’s Trap-75 Shots – Individual & Team – Qualification (Stage 1) – Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak, Rajeshwari Kumari

(Medal Events subject to qualification)

9:05 AM: 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Final

SQUASH

1:00 PM onwards: Men’s Team Final – IND vs PAK

TABLE TENNIS

10:15 AM: Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals: Manush Shah/ Manav Thakkar

11:00 AM: Women’s Singles Quarterfinals- Manika Batra

4:00 PM: Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals: Sutirtha Mukherjee/ Ayhika Mukherjee

TENNIS

Not before 10:30 AM: Mixed Doubles Final – Rutuja Bhosale/ Rohan Bopanna

VOLLEYBALL

8:00 AM: Women’s preliminary round Pool A: India vs DPR Korea

WEIGHTLIFTING

6:30 AM: Women’s 49 KG Group B – Mirabai Chanu onwards

(final group starts at 12:30 PM)

6:30 AM: Women’s 55kg Group B – Bindyarani Devi

(final group starts at 4:30 PM)

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Asian Games 2023 September 30 Schedule: Indians In Action, Events And Timing

admin — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 17:48:37 +0000

India’s stars like weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, boxer Lovlina Borgohain, mixed doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale will be in action on September 30 at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou. It won’t be a medal match but an India vs Pakistan contest is always among the big games, the two teams will be facing each other in a Pool A match in men’s hockey on Saturday. Meanwhile, athletes like huddler Jyothi Yarraji, long jumpers Murali Sreeshankar and Jeswin Aldrin will also be in action during the qualifying events.

(Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)

Asian Games 2023 September 30 (Saturday) Full Schedule:

3×3 basketball

Men’s qualification to quarter-finals: India vs Iran – 10:55 AM
Women’s qualification to quarter-finals: India vs Malaysia – 1:00 PM
Men’s quarter-finals (if qualified) – 3:30 PM onwards
Women’s quarter-finals (if qualified) – 3:30 PM onwards

Athletics

Women’s heptathlon events (Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara) – 6:30 AM onwards
Men’s long jump qualifying Groups A and B (Murali Sreeshankar, Jeswin Aldrin) – 6:35 AM
Women’s 100m hurdles heats (Jyothi Yarraji, Nithya Ramraj) – 6:30 AM
Men’s 1500m round 1 heats (Ajay Kumar Saroj, Jinson Johnson) – 7:05 AM
Women’s 400m final (Aishwarya Kailash Mishra) – 5:30 PM
Men’s 400m final (Muhammed Ajmal) – 5:40 PM
Men’s 10,000m final (Karthik Kumar, Gulveer Singh) – 5:50 PM

Badminton

Men’s team semi-finals (HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, Mithun Manjunath, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila/MR Arjun): India vs the Republic of Korea – 2:30 PM onwards

Boxing

Women’s 54kg quarter-finals: Preeti (IND) vs Zhaina Shekerbekova (KAZ) – 11:30 AM
Women’s 75kg quarter-finals: Lovlina Borgohain (IND) vs Suyeon Seong (KOR) – 12:15 PM
Men’s 57kg round of 16: Sachin Siwach (IND) vs Abuquthailah Turki (KUW) – 1:00 PM
Men’s +92kg quarter-final: Narender (IND) vs Ramezanpourdelavar Iman (IRI) – 2:15 PM
Men’s 71kg quarter-finals: Nishant Dev (IND) vs Okazawa Sewonrets Quincy Mensah (JAP) – 6:30 PM

Bridge

Men’s, women’s and mixed team round robin 2 (Indian teams) – 6:30 AM onwards

Canoeing

Multiple sprint races heats and semi-finals (multiple athletes) – 7:00 AM onwards

Chess

Men’s team round 2 (Gukesh D, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa) – 12:30 PM onwards
Women’s team round 2 (Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri B) – 12:30 PM onwards

Diving

Men’s synchronised 3m springboard final (London Singh Hemam, Siddharth Bajrang Pardeshi) – 5:00 PM

Equestrian

Eventing team and individual (Apurva Kishor Dabhade, Vikas Kumar, Ashish Vivek Limaye) – 5:30 AM onwards

Golf

Men’s individual and team round 3 (Anirban Lahiri, Shubhankar Sharma, SSP Chawrasia, Khalin Joshi) – 4:00 AM onwards
Women’s individual and team round 3 (Aditi Ashok, Avani Prashanth, Pranavi Urs) – 4:00 AM onwards

Handball

Women’s preliminary round Group B: India vs Nepal – 11:30 AM

Hockey

Preliminary men’s Pool A: India vs Pakistan – 6:15 PM

Kurash

Medal event: Men’s -66kg (Keshav) – 7:00 AM onwards (medal rounds start from 11:30 AM)
Medal event: Women’s -52kg (Pincky Balhara, Suchika Tariyal) – 7:00 AM onwards (medal rounds start from 11:30 AM)

Roller skating

Medal event: Women’s speed skating 10000m point-elimination race final (Heeral Sadhu, Aarthy Kasturi Raj) – 6:30 AM
Medal event: Men’s speed skating 10000m point-elimination race final (Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Rahul Kamble) – 7:05 AM

Shooting

Medal event: 10m air pistol mixed team qualification round and medal matches (Divya TS, Sarabjot Singh) – 6:30 AM onwards
Men’s trap qualification individual and team phase 1 (Kynan Chenai, Prithviraj Toindaman, Zoravar Singh Sandhu) – 6:30 AM onwards
Women’s trap qualification individual and team phase 1 (Rajeshwari Kumari, Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak) – 6:30 AM onwards

Squash

Men’s team gold medal match: India vs Pakistan – 1:00 PM

Table tennis

Men’s doubles quarter-finals (Manush Shah/Manav Thakkar) – 9:30 AM onwards
Women’s singles quarter-finals (Manika Batra) – 9:30 AM onwards
Women’s doubles quarter-finals (Sreeja Akula/Diya Chitale and Sutirtha/Ayhika Mukherjee) – 1:30 PM onwards

Tennis

Mixed doubles semi-finals: Rohan Bopanna/Rutuja Bhosale (IND) vs En-shuo Liang/Tsung-hao Huang (TPE) – after 9:30 AM

Volleyball

Women’s preliminary round Pool A: India vs DPR Korea – 8:00 AM

Weightlifting

Women’s 49kg (Mirabai Chanu) – 6:30 AM onwards (final group starts at 12:30 PM)
Women’s 55kg (Bindyarani Devi) – 6:30 AM onwards (final group starts at 4:30 PM)

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