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Mirabai Chanu Qualifies for Paris Olympics 

 

GUWAHATI: Tokyo Olympics silver-medallist and Manipur's pride Mirabai Chanu, became the only Indian weightlifter to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics Games. 

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The 34-year-old weightlifter finished third in the women's 49kg Group B of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Women's World Cup event, which is a mandatory qualifier for the Paris Olympics. 

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The 2017 World Champion had finished fourth in the 2023 Asian Games at Hangzhou last year after she was forced to crash out due to a thigh injury, thus making her unable to participate in further completions.

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