Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 22: The weightlifting World Championships in 2022 will be held without Jeremy Lalrinnunga as India will compete with a four-person team, led by Olympic silver medalist Mirabai Chanu, at the major competition the following month.
Jeremy, who won the gold at the Commonwealth Games in July, had hurt himself during his historic victory as India’s first Youth Olympic champion. The 20-year-old Mizo weightlifter is still experiencing thigh and hamstring pain. Additionally, he had skipped the October Asian Championships.
“Jeremy is still recovering from the injury he suffered during the Commonwealth Games, so he will not play in these world championships,” India head coach Vijay Sharma told PTI.
“Many lifters from the CWG squad are nursing injuries, so we have selected the four lifters who are fit,” Sharma added.
Sanket Sagar, who finished second in the Commonwealth Games and had undergone surgery for an elbow injury sustained during the Birmingham Games, will also be absent from the world competition, which runs from December 5 to December 16 in Bagota, Colombia.
Chanu, a former world champion, will compete for the first time since the August Commonwealth Games, where she took home her second gold and third medal.
Achinta Sheuli, the 73 kg Commonwealth Games champion, Bindyarani Devi, the silver medalist, and Gurdeep Singh round out the squad’s four members. Sharma and the four lifters are at a strength and conditioning camp in St. Louis, Missouri, right now.
Working with them is former weightlifter turned physical therapist and strength and conditioning coach Dr. Aaron Horschig.
Horschig has been advising Chanu since 2020. He was crucial in resolving her unbalance problem, which had an impact on her snatching technique. She has trained with Horschig on numerous occasions.
On December 1, the Indian delegation will depart for Bogota. The World Championships are the first qualifying event for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Squad: Mirabai Chanu (49kg), Bindyrani Devi (59kg), Achinta Sheuli (73kg) and Gurdeep Singh ( 109kg)
