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Tokyo Olympics: Indian Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu enters with 210kg entry weight; highest among all competitors

  At the   Tokyo Olympics , Indian weightlifting sensation   Mirabai Chanu  will be entering the 49kg women’s category with an entry weight of 210kg. This will be the highest weight among all participants in her event, which takes place on 24th July at !0 am. Chanu recently won the  2020 Asian Championships  in Tashkent lifting a total weight of 205kgs while creating a world record in the clean and jerk, lifting 119kg. She won a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships and a Gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Chanu will be going into her event with the highest weigh entry, as her main rival  Hou Zhihui  of China has entered a slightly lesser weight of 205kg. Other competitors in her category to watch out for are  Aisah Windy Cantika  of Indonesia with an entry weight of 203kg, and American weightlifter  Delacruz Jourdan Elizabeth  with a total weight of 200kg. Mirabai Chanu  and her coaches may have a strategy in order to remain in medal contention at the Tokyo Olympics. Her curren