This is a national record for snatch, clean and jerk as well as overall weight in the 48 kg category. He easily lifted the weight of 89 kg. After this, Mirabai Chanu tried to lift 91 kg but she did not succeed. His total score of 205 kg is 6 kg more than the weight he lifted while winning gold at the 2025 World Championships. Then he had lifted 199 kg weight. This performance was his personal best which he had achieved in the 49 kg category in the 2021 Asian Championship.

The target is to cross 90 kg

After winning the gold medal, Chanu told PTI, ‘I am very happy. This performance has boosted my confidence. Earlier I was competing in 49 kg, achieving such a result in 48 kg is a big thing. I hope that in the next competition I will cross the 90 kg mark. Even today I tried, but I was not properly trained so I could not do it. But once the training starts at full speed, I am sure I will lift 90 kg.

Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal for India in the 49 kg category in the Tokyo Olympics. In 2024, she missed the medal by finishing fourth. However later this category was removed. Because of this Chanu had to shift to 48 kg.