Chanu 1st Indian in 22 yrs to win World Weightlifting C'ship
India's Mirabai Chanu has bagged the country's maiden gold at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships, becoming only the second Indian to do so after Karnam Malleswari, who won gold in 1995. Twenty-three-year-old Chanu, who won a silver at 2014 Commonwealth Games, lifted 85 kg in Snatch and 109 kg in Clean and Jerk in Women's 48-kg category.