Chanu, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympic Games last year, defended her Commonwealth gold from the 2018 edition with a record-breaking total of 201kg (88kg + 113kg) in the 49kg category of women’s weightlifting at the National Exhibition Centre here on Saturday.
Her gold took India’s medal tally to three, with fellow weightlifters Sanket Sargar and Gururaja Poojary winning a silver and bronze earlier in the day in the men’s 55kg and 61kg categories, respectively.
Later, Bindyarani Devi won the silver medal in the women’s 55kg and sealed a fourth medal for the country.
𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝 #B2022 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 #𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖 🎇👏Weightlifter Bindyarani Devi bags a🥈at @birminghamcg22 with a career-best pe… https://t.co/x2yhtNgAcM
— Team India (@WeAreTeamIndia) 1659219248000
IOA acting president Anil Khanna said, “To be one of the strongest medal prospects and live up to the expectations is not easy, but Ms Mirabai Chanu has done that with excellence and we are very happy to see her and her support system’s efforts come to fruition today.
“Better yet, she challenged herself to attempt the 90kg lift. Though the result wasn’t the desired one, Ms Chanu’s commitment to pushing the envelope and setting the bar higher as one of India’s best athletes is commended by the IOA.
𝙂𝙊𝙇𝘿 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙞 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙪 🥇🇮🇳#TeamIndia’s first gold at the @birminghamcg22 Commonwealth Games comes in the women’s… https://t.co/ugtbaaObUe
— Team India (@WeAreTeamIndia) 1659200216000
“We congratulate her and the other medallists, Mr Sanket Sargar, Mr Gururaja Poojary, and Ms Bindyarani Devi for performing with excellence in their respective categories,” added Khanna.
𝙂𝙧𝙞𝙩. 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙮. 👊Sanket Sargar refused to give up even after hurting his right elbow on the second clean and j… https://t.co/F3r76cZ0mr
— Team India (@WeAreTeamIndia) 1659181215000
🇮🇳 #TeamIndia’s Gururaja Poojary dedicates his #B2022 🥉 in the men’s 61kg weightlifting to his wife Soujanya🏋🏽♂️ 😊… https://t.co/aBzDd95aDA
— Team India (@WeAreTeamIndia) 1659191791000
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