Tokyo: a confident smile never left his face, Mirabai Chanu ended India for two decades waiting for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics, won the five-year silver medal after leaving the same platform in tears after his debut.
With his historic victory, he ensured that India was second on medals for now, an achievement that had never been achieved before by the state.
The small iron woman from Manipur reached a total of 202kg (87kg + 115kg) to a better Karnam Malleswari bronze at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
With this, he drove the ghost ghost of 2016 where he failed to record a legitimate elevator, leaving him destroyed.
Read out of Weotlifter Mirabai Chanu won silver in the 49kg category at the Tokyo 2020mirabai Olympics Chanu ended 21 years waiting for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics by winning a silver medal in the country category here on Saturday.
The 26-year-old lifted a total of 202kg (87kg + 115kg).
Gold goes to China while Indonesia takes bronze.
India last “I was very happy, I dreamed of this for the past five years.
I am very proud of me now.
I tried to gold but even silver was a great achievement for me,” Chanu said after Triumph who defined his career he was training at US Over the past few months.
The 2016 experience was a river flow in his career and Chanu had talked about how confused he felt during his debut on the biggest stage.
No nerves seen on Saturday, only a athlete who is very arranged and focused who knows he is destined for the podium.
“I am very happy to win the first medal for India in these games.
I am not only Manipur, I belong to the whole country,” he added in response to a request about what it meant to him as Manipuri.
His smile shone the brightest during the entire show on Saturday but also difficult to miss was the Olympic ring-shaped earrings he followed, which was a gift from his mother.
Gold went to Hou Zhihui China with an effort of 210kg (94kg + 116kg), which created the Olympic record in the three categories (seizing, clean and jerk).
Aisah Windy Cantika from Indonesia brought home bronze with an effort to 194kg (84kg + 110kg).
Considering his weakness in carrying out the Marquee event, Chanu tried 84kg in his first snatch effort.
Manipuri took her time and cleaned Barbel.
Read Alsomirabai Chanu: All you need to know about Indian Olympic Silver Medalistia has won their first medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
And it is the property of Indian star Returns Mirabai Chanu, who has won silver in the women’s 49kg category.
He raised 87kg in the next effort and raised his weight to 89kg, which was 1kg more than the best of the 88kg he lifted into the national championship last year.
However, he could not repair the best and settled for 87kg on the Snatch event only behind the leader Zhihui, which created a new Olympic record with an effort of 94kg.
Chinese lifter also holds the world mark (96kg) in the category.
In cleaning and jerk, Chanu’s world record holder raised 110kg and 115kg in the first two attempts.
Olympics Tokyo 2020: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal, he could not increase 117kg in his last effort, which would be an Olympic record but was enough to pick him up medals and open an Indian account.
Manipuri who was demanded after realizing that he had secured a medal and head coach hugged by Vijay Sharma in excitement.
He then broke into Punjabi Bhangra to celebrate the settlement of historic podiums.
Happy with his achievements, even face masks could not hide Chanu’s smile that spread ears to ears at the medal ceremony, where there was a little confusion among the winners.
In accordance with the Covid-19 protocol arranged for the match, the winners should keep social and not posing for group photos according to the game protocol.
But the three medals gave each other and came together to get photos clicked before being asked for a distance by an official.
An Olympic medal was long late for Indians, who had proven his courage as a warrior in the international arena time and again.
The cabinet includes a coveted world championship gold medal, two Commonwealth – Silver game medals in 2014 and gold in 2018 – and the Bronze of Asian champions.
I have dreamed of this for the past 5 years: Mirabai Chanu
