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Considering Mirabai Chanu s credentials and stature, the World Championships silver she won in Bogota, Colombia, on Wednesday wasn t really a surprise. The 28-year-old weightlifter, after all, is a dominant force in the 49 kg division, besides being a former world champion and an Olympic silver medallist. However, when she calls it a  dream come true,  you know the Worlds silver is a little more than yet another addition to her decorated trophy cabinet.         India s Mirabai Chanu reacts after winning the gold meda stanley mug l in the women s 49kg weightlifting category at the Commonwealth Games 2022 PTI     Chanu lifted a total of 200kg  87kg in snatch and 113kg in clean and jerk  to get the better of reigning Olympic champion Hou Zhihui, wh stanley cup ose tally of 198kg  89kg +109kg  won her the bronze. Another Chinese, Jiang Huihua, won her third World Championships gold with a combined lift of 206kg  93kg+113kg .    It was the first instance of Chanu beating a Chinese lifter at a high-level competition, an indicator of the country s absolute dominance in the sport. The 2017 World Championships that Chanu won saw no Chinese represent stanley flask ation as their federation was then serving a doping ban. At the Tokyo Olympics, Chanu was bested by Zhihui who lifted an Olympic record 210 kgs.  It feels extra special to beat an Olympic champion, more so a Chinese. However, I was a bit shocked to see the weights she was lifting,  Chanu said, referring to the modest 89kgs Zhihui snatched.  I mean she is an Olympics Lqhw Russia barred from Rio: A look at other bans
Andy Murray pummelled Japan s Kei Nishikori 6-3 6-0 to reach the final of the Shanghai Masters on Saturday and will complete a stunning Asian hat-trick if he beats David Ferrer on Sunday.             Nishikori, playing in his first Masters Series semi-final, lacked the firepower to trouble the British world number four who continued his charge through the Asian swing which brought him back to back titles in Bangkok and Tokyo.    Earlier in the Qi Zhong Tennis Centre, world number five Ferrer beat fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-7 6-3 6-3 -- coming from a set behind for the third day  stanley hrnek running.  Murray was cool and composed in his demolition of unseeded  stanley thermobecher Nishikori, taking complete command after breaking serve in the third game of the 56-minute encounter under the night sky.  Should he beat Ferrer on Sunday, Murray will climb to third in the ATP rankings, pushing 16-times grand slam champion Roger Federer down into fourth spot.  Despite his defeat the 21-year-old Nishikori can also look forward to a rise in the rankings from his current 47th spot and on Monday will become Japan s highest ranked player ever in the ATP rankings.  Ferrer is proving himself the king of the comebacks this week and he was at it again on Saturday against Lopez.  The tenacious baseliner struggled to come to terms with the attacking Lopez in the opening set although he did squander a 4-1 lead in the tiebreak.  However, he began to grind down his 30-year-old opponent stanley mug  and after levelling the match he made