After 28 years, Mirabai finally puts India back on Asian Games podium

With India's hopes resting connected her shoulders, the Tokyo Olympic metallic medallist Mirabai Chanu lifted 198kg to triumph metallic successful the women's 49kg lawsuit astatine the Asian Games 2026 successful Aichi-Nagoya. It was India's archetypal Asian Games weightlifting medal since Karnam Malleswari won metallic astatine the 1998 Bangkok Games.