Manipur's Mirabai Chanu bags silver; PM says could not have asked for a happier start

Manipur's Mirabai Chanu bagged the silver medal in the 49kg category at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.

Manipur's Mirabai Chanu bags silver

TOKYO: Manipur's Mirabai Chanu bagged the silver medal in the 49kg category at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.

Her victory marks India's first weightlifting medal from the Olympics after more than 20 years with Karnam Malleswari's win in 2000.

Chanu became the second Indian woman to win silver medal at the Olympic Games after P.V. Sindhu in 2016.

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Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, "Could not have asked for a happier start to

">@Tokyo2020! India is elated by

">@mirabai_chanu’s stupendous performance. Congratulations to her for winning the Silver medal in weightlifting. Her success motivates every Indian.

#Cheer4India

#Tokyo2020."

About Mirabai Chanu

Mirabai Chanu is India’s sole representative in weightlifting at the Tokyo olympics.

The former world champion sealed her place in Tokyo by winning a bronze medal in the Asian Championship in Tashkent in April with a world record in clean and jerk.

She made it to the game on the basis of her standings on IWF’s Absolute Ranking list. The Indian lifter is ranked second in the 49kg category with 4133,6172 points.

Before she embarked to Tokyo, the Manipur Cabinet decided to extend a onetime cash incentive of ₹10 lakh to her.

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Published On: Jul 24, 2021