Tokyo Olympics: Mirabai Chanu Wins Silver In Weightlifting Bags India's First Medal
Mirabai Chanu created history by clinching India’s first silver at Tokyo Olympics. The Manipur-born weightlifter bagged the silver within the women’s 49kg category in weightlifting. Mirabai Chanu lifted a complete of 202 kg (87kg in snatch and 115kg in clean and jerk) during her four successful attempts across the competition. She went on to become the primary Indian to win an Olympic medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
PM Modi congratulated Chanu on her epic win.
This was Chanu’s second appearance at Olympics. within the Rio edition in 2016, she had failed in her first snatch attempt of 82kg. On her second attempt, she was ready to lift 82kg before failing within the third attempt at 84kg. She also flunked all three attempts within the Clean and Jerk.
However, the weightlifter made tremendous amends in her second outing in Tokyo. Chanu completed her first and second snatch attempts at 84kg and 87kg respectively, before failing the 89kg attempt. within the Clean and Jerk event, she successfully lifted weights of 110kg and 115kg.
China’s Zhihui Hou bagged gold with a complete of 210kg and created a replacement Olympic Record while Indonesia’s Windy Cantika Aisah grabbed bronze with a complete of 194kg.
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