Chanu will however, only attend the women's 49 kg weigh-in and will not lift so as to protect herself from injury ahead of the Asian Games scheduled for this month later.
This will be Chanu's second competition this year. The 28-year-old lifter from Manipur had undergone five-month rehab followig a hip surgery last year in December. She managed to compete in May's Asian Championships, but could manage only sixth position.
Chanu will take part in the women’s 49kg category. While, Bindyarani Devi, the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships gold medal winner, will be compete in the women’s 55kg event.
India's Jeremy Lalrinnunga failed to log a valid clean & jerk attempt in the men's 67kg category at the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Jinju, South Korea on Sunday.
The Indian weightlifters' second qualifying competition for the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 will be the continental championship. In her most recent competition, Mirabai Chanu placed second in the women's 49kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships 2022 in Colombia in December.
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The Indian weightlifter had finished weighing in and was ready to participate in Group C for men, 73 kg. Achinta Sheuli was forced to leave the competition after pulling his left hamstring during warm-ups
Tario Markio lifted 123kg in snatch and 158kg in clean and jerk for a total of 281kg. He finished sixth out of nine competitors. He won gold at the national championships in March this year, lifting 286kg (128kg snatch+158kg clean and jerk).
Mirabai Chanu, who won the silver medal at Tokyo 2020, and Jeremy Lalrinnunga and Achinta Sheuli, who won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, will forego the Asian Championships in order to be fully prepared for the December Olympics qualifiers in Paris.