Commonwealth Games silver medallist Gyaneshwari Yadav finished eighth in the women's 53kg category at the IWF World Championships on Thursday, while India's star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu withdrew from the event due to a back issue.
Mirabai Chanu withdrew from the women's 53kg category at the IWF World Championships due to back pain, delaying her debut in the division. Meanwhile, fellow Indian weightlifter Gyaneshwari Yadav finished eighth overall in the competition after topping Group C with a combined lift of 198kg, comprising 88kg in the snatch and 110kg in the clean and jerk.
China's Zhang Haiqin won gold with a total lift of 221kg, followed by American Eleanor Ulrey for silver and North Korea's So Hyon Kim for bronze. The World Championships serves as one of six qualifying events in the initial qualification phase for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
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