Former world champion Mirabai Chanu, who is trying to cement her place for the Tokyo Olympics, is ranked eighth in the Olympic qualifiers ranking list released by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) on Thursday. The 25-year-old lifter has collected 2966.6406 ranking points so far in the race for Olympic qualification. Weightlifters who compete in the 49kg category to qualify for Tokyo must compete in a tournament in each of three periods of six months (from November 2018 to April 2020), with at least one gold and one silver-level competition.
National coach Vijay Sharma told PTI, 'The ranking points are based on the weight of a weightlifter's tournament and Meerabai has dropped out of some events in which she did not play in the World Championship in 2018 due to a back injury, but right now Staying in the eighth position is not a problem as the final ranking will be made in April and the best results will be included.
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Three of China's weightlifters figure in the top five in the latest qualifying rankings, with current world champion and world record holder Hou Jihui at the top. But in the Olympics, a country can send only one athlete in a weight class. In the men's 67kg category, Youth Olympic gold medalist Jeremy Lalrinuga is ranked 32nd with 2,310.9653 points.
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