IWF World Cup 2024, live streaming: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu all set for final Paris Olympics qualifier - full schedule

By Ali Asgar Nalwala

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Mirabai Chanu, who will be in action for the first time this year, is second in the Olympic Qualification Ranking for the women’s 49kg category. Watch live on Olympics.com!

Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Mirabai Chanu will return to action at the IWF World Cup 2024 starting in Phuket, Thailand on Sunday. This will be the final qualifying event in weightlifting for the Paris Olympics and will be live streamed.

Mirabai Chanu, the 2017 world champion, has not competed at international weightlifting competitions since sustaining a hip injury at the Hangzhou Asian Games in October last year.

However, the IWF World Cup 2024 is a compulsory event for Olympic hopefuls and attendance at the meet is mandatory to be eligible to compete at the Summer Games in July-August.

Though Mirabai has struggled with injuries in the past two years, she is in a good position to obtain an Olympic quota for India in the women’s 49 kg.

Mirabai lifted 200 kg (87 kg snatch + 113 kg clean and jerk) at the World Weightlifting Championships 2022, the first qualifying event for the Summer Games, and is ranked second in the Olympic Qualification Ranking (OQR) for her division.

The OQR is based on the best total results (snatch + clean and jerk) the athletes manage to lift in the qualifying competitions. The top 10 in the list (maximum one per National Olympic Committee) at the end of the qualification window on April 28 will secure Paris 2024 quotas for their respective countries.

Meanwhile, Bindyarani Devi is currently 29th in the OQR for women’s 59 kg in the Olympic weight class. However, she will compete in the 55 kg, a non-Olympic weight division.

Where to watch IWF World Cup 2024 live in India

Live streaming of the IWF World Cup 2024 events will be on Olympics.com. However, only Group A weightlifting competitions will be live streamed. Full coverage will be available on International Weightlifting Federation’s Facebook page.

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