Mirabai Chanu’s weightlifting category to stay

Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga

Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga (67kg) will have to change his weight categories in order to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics with the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) expected to make changes to weightlifting classes for the mega event.

However, the change will not affect India's Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu, who competes in the women's 49 kg class. As per IWF, only four weight classes from Tokyo 2020 will be retained, an olympics.com report said. The draft will need approval from the IWF's general council. Once approved, it will be sent to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for clearance. The final decision is expected by the end of February 2022.

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