By Admin 
Mirabai Chanu gave such a performance in the National Weightlifting Championship 2026, which made it clear that she is still the strongest hope of Indian weightlifting. In this competition held in Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, Mirabai created a series of records as soon as she entered the 48 kg weight category. He won the gold medal by breaking three national records in a single match.
Mirabai’s dominance in 48 kg category
Mirabai Chanu’s confidence in the 48 kg category was visible from the very beginning. In the snatch event, he created a new national record by lifting 89 kg weight. After this, he made the second record in clean and jerk by lifting 116 kg weight. Including these two lifts, his total weight was 205 kg, which is the best national performance so far in this category. In this way, all three records were broken in snatch, clean and jerk and total.
Better result than previous performance
This performance of Mirabai was even better than her recent international record. While winning gold in the 2025 World Championship, he had lifted 199 kg, whereas this time his total score was 205 kg. That means he has left his old standard behind. Although she could not succeed in her attempt to lift 91 kg in snatch, it had no effect on the brilliance of her performance.
What did Mirabai say after winning gold?
After the match, Mirabai Chanu said that it is very special for her to perform like this in the 48 kg category. She told that earlier she used to play in 49 kg category, but it was not easy to adapt to the new category. Despite this, making records shows his growing confidence. Mirabai also said that her next goal is to lift more than 90 kg in snatch and for this she will make full preparations in the coming days.
condition of other players
In this category, Radha Soni of All India Police won the silver medal with a total weight of 183 kg. Whereas Komal Kohar performed well and won the bronze medal.
From Olympic silver to new beginnings
Mirabai Chanu has won silver medal for India in Tokyo Olympics. She stood fourth in the 2024 Olympics and could not win a medal. After this, after being removed from 49 kg category, he had to switch to 48 kg. Now her record-breaking performance in this new category shows that Mirabai can again present a strong claim for India in the upcoming big tournaments.