Mirabai Chanu won silver in the women's 49 kg weightlifting at the Asian Games, ending India's 21-year medal drought in the sport and achieving her long-held dream.

Mirabai Chanu Saikhom posted a total of 198kg, with a snatch of 87kg and a clean and jerk of 111kg, finishing second behind North Korea's Ri Song-gum who totalled 210kg. Indonesia's Wijayana Luluk Diani Tri took the bronze with 191kg.

Mirabai Chanu finally filled the one glaring void in her glittering trophy cabinet, turning 12 years of waiting, near-misses and heartbreak into an Asian Games silver in the women's 49kg event

President Droupadi Murmu congratulated Mirabai Chanu on Wednesday after the Indian weightlifter ended the country's 28-year wait for an Asian Games medal in the sport.

Mirabai Chanu's trophy cabinet is complete. Her long wait for a first-ever Asian Games medal ended on Wednesday, as did India's 28-year drought for success in weightlifting at the continental event

What Mirabai Chanu achieved in Nagoya at the Asian Games 2026 with a silver medal in the women's 49kg weightlifting event was not just another medal, but the end of a 28-year wait

Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu finally completed her medal collection, winning the elusive Asian Games silver in the women's 49kg event here on Wednesday.

The 2026 Asian Games are set to begin in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, and India's women's weightlifting contingent will be aiming to end a long wait for a medal at the continental event.

As the thirst for a maiden Asian Games medal grows stronger every day, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu is leaving no stone unturned to win the only global medal that has eluded the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist.

Olympic medallist and former world champion Mirabai Chanu will lead India's weightlifting squad at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, where she will aim to win the only major multi-sport medal missing from her illustrious career.