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Meerabai Chanu won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Championship, broke record with great performance
Samira Vishwas | August 26, 2025 10:24 AM CST

Mirabai Chanu Won Gold Meddel: Olympic medalist Meerabai Chanu won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Championship 2025 on Monday with a record -breaking performance in Ahmedabad. Chanu returned to the international competition after a year due to injury He won the gold medal in the 48 kg category, for which he raised a total of 193 kg (84 kg + 109 kg).

Meerabai Chanu won the gold medal

Meerabai Chanu, who won the silver medal in the Olympics The Commonwealth Championship has made the country feel proud by winning the gold medal in 2025. With his strong efforts, he set a new Commonwealth Championship record in snatch, clean and jerk and total weight category. 31 -year -old Meerabai, born in Manipur, appeared to be staggering on several occasions and was able to weight only 3 times of her six attempts.

Meerabai recorded recorded performance

Meerabai Chanu tried to lift 84 kg gram weight in her first snatch attempt, but she could not heal it, which caused her right knee to be seen. In his second attempt, Chanu lifted the burden and registered a valid load. Then in her third attempt, she tried to lift the weight of 89 kg, but could not fulfill it. Chanu then started 105 kg in Clean and Jerk and successfully picked it up.

Meerabai increased her weight to 109 kg, but could not heal in the final attempt at 113 kg. She did not face any kind of competition in the field and she was alone in the tournament.

Who won silver and who won the bronze medal

Meerabai Chanu won the gold medal. There itself, Irene Henry of Malaysia won the silver medal by lifting a total of 161 kg (73 kg and 88 kg), while Nicole Roberts of Wales won the bronze medal by lifting a total of 150 kg (70 kg and 80 kg).

Keeping the Olympics in mind, the 48 kg weight

Keeping in mind the 2028 Olympic Games, Meerabai has reduced its weight from 49 kg to 48 kg. The 48 kg weight is no longer included in the Olympic Games and Chanu has come in the 48 kg category. The 48 kg category is the same in which he won gold and two Commonwealth Games medals in the World Championship in 2017. A gold at the 2018 Gold Coast Games and a silver in 2014 Glasgow Games.


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