Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu is targeting a lift of above 90kg in snatch in next month’s Paris Games.

The champion weightlifter, who had returned to action following a six-month injury lay-off, is one of India’s medal prospects.

Chanu, who suffered hip tendonitis and finished fourth in the 49kg women’s category in the last Asian Games, returned to competition with a lift of 184 kgs (81kg snatch and 103kg clean and jerk) at the Phuket World Cup in April this year.

She knows that anything less than a 200kg total lift (snatch + clean and jerk) won’t be enough to win a medal in Paris and she is working towards that with her long-time coach Vijay Kumar Sharma.

“The injury is fine, I have completely recovered from that but I am going slow in training. In training now I am lifting 80-85 per cent in repetitions, I am not lifting 100 per cent till the Olympics.

“88kg in snatch and 119kg in clean and jerk are my best, but my target is 90kg plus in snatch in Paris, and I will try my best,” Chanu said during a virtual interaction.

“Right now, I am going gradually and lifting 70-80kgs in training but my target is 90kg plus and better clean jerk lift but I can’t say a specific target. I will do what it takes and try to give my best performance to win a medal, but I can’t predict the colour of the medal.”

Chanu said the injury phase was a great learning experience for her. “I learnt a lot after the injury. I learnt how to keep myself safe.

“I understand my body. Injuries can happen anytime and these are difficult phases but we need to motivate ourselves and keep believing in ourselves.”