Asian Games 2026: Mirabai Chanu wins silver in 49kg weightlifting

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  • Two-time world champion Ri Song Gum of North Korea, 215kg (94kg+121kg) lived up to expectations, winning the gold with a record-breaking performance to complete a hat-trick of Asian Games titlesS1
  • What Mirabai Chanu achieved in Nagoya at the Asian Games 2026 with a silver medal in the women's 49kg weightlifting event was not just another medal, but the end of a 28-year waitS2
  • Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu finally completed her medal collection, winning the elusive Asian Games silver in the women's 49kg event here on Wednesday.S3
  • In the country where she won her Olympic medal in the delayed Games of 2021, the 32-year-old earned a silver medal at the Asian Games.S4
  • Mirabai thus ended her long wait for a medal at the Asian Games, having made her Asiad debut in 2014.S5
  • Asian Games 2026 Day 4 LIVE Score Updates: Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal in women's 49kg weightlifting, her first ever in the Games. In the process, she also ended the country's 28-year wait for a...S6
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Asian Games 2026: Mirabai Chanu wins silver in 49kg weightlifting

Two-time world champion Ri Song Gum of North Korea, 215kg (94kg+121kg) lived up to expectations, winning the gold with a record-breaking performance to complete a hat-trick of Asia…

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Why Mirabai Chanu's Asian Games Weightlifting Silver Is Very, Very Special For India

What Mirabai Chanu achieved in Nagoya at the Asian Games 2026 with a silver medal in the women's 49kg weightlifting event was not just another medal, but the end of a 28-year wait

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Mirabai Chanu Ends Asian Games Medal Wait With Silver In 49kg

Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu finally completed her medal collection, winning the elusive Asian Games silver in the women's 49kg event here on Wednesday.

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Silver lining: Mirabai Chanu wins the elusive Asian Games medal

In the country where she won her Olympic medal in the delayed Games of 2021, the 32-year-old earned a silver medal at the Asian Games.

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Asian Games 2026: Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu wins maiden Asiad medal with silver in Nagoya

Mirabai thus ended her long wait for a medal at the Asian Games, having made her Asiad debut in 2014.

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Asian Games LIVE: Mirabai Chanu Clinches Historic Silver, Ends Asiad Jinx

Asian Games 2026 Day 4 LIVE Score Updates: Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal in women's 49kg weightlifting, her first ever in the Games. In the process, she also ended the country's…

Asian Games 2026: Mirabai Chanu wins silver in 49kg weightlifting

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What to know

  • Two-time world champion Ri Song Gum of North Korea, 215kg (94kg+121kg) lived up to expectations, winning the gold with a record-breaking performance to complete a hat-trick of Asian Games titlesS1
  • What Mirabai Chanu achieved in Nagoya at the Asian Games 2026 with a silver medal in the women's 49kg weightlifting event was not just another medal, but the end of a 28-year waitS2
  • Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu finally completed her medal collection, winning the elusive Asian Games silver in the women's 49kg event here on Wednesday.S3
  • In the country where she won her Olympic medal in the delayed Games of 2021, the 32-year-old earned a silver medal at the Asian Games.S4
  • Mirabai thus ended her long wait for a medal at the Asian Games, having made her Asiad debut in 2014.S5
  • Asian Games 2026 Day 4 LIVE Score Updates: Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal in women's 49kg weightlifting, her first ever in the Games. In the process, she also ended the country's 28-year wait for a...S6
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S1 Thehindu 1 report · EN
S4 Hindustantimes 1 report · EN
S5 Livemint 1 report · EN