The facts
Sources
References support the numbered facts above. Source checks: 29 Oct 2026, 19:56 UTC.
The IWF result report could not be opened. Final places and all three lift totals were cross-checked in actual PTI and AGERPRES reports, which are independently owned agencies rather than copies of the same wire. No record is claimed.
- Gyaneshwari eighth; Chanu withdraws from world championships
Press Trust of India via Rediff · Reporting · 29 Oct 2026
Actual PTI report's final 53kg medal totals and component lifts read.
- Haltere: Mihaela Cambei, departe de medalii la Mondialele de la Ningbo
AGERPRES · Reporting · 29 Oct 2026
Separately owned Romanian agency's results read, including Zhang's total and both other overall medallists.