Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu was not at her usual best on Friday after she faltered in snatch and chose not to make her last two clean-and-jerk attempts to finish fifth at the Asian Championships. The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, competing in the 49kg category, managed to lift 85kg in snatch and 109kg in clean and jerk for an overall effort of 194kg, a whopping 13kg less than her personal best of 207kg.

Chanu kicked off her snatch attempts with an 85kg lift, which she executed perfectly, and went on to set a weight of 88kg as she attempted to match her personal best. However, she failed to heave the barbell in her next two attempts and had to be content with an 85kg total in snatch. Four lifters had better snatch results than Chanu, all lifting 90kg or above.