HIGHLIFTER India Mirabai Chanu Scripted History in Tokyo Olympics 2021 by winning silver medals in the 49 kg category of women and their Olympiad earrings have been viral since he won the coveted degree.
Chanu poses for pictures wearing golden Olympic ring earrings, and unique earrings have become a city talk.
But there is an interesting story behind a pair of earrings.
The Sportswoman gold earrings shaped like an Olympic ring is a gift from his mother who traded his own jewelry for them five years ago.
According to reports, Ms.
Chanu traded his golden jewelry to get this adjustable Olympic Earring Chanu before the Rio Olympics took him lucky and now that his daughter won the medal, the mother, Saikhom Ongbi Tombi Leima could not stop being emotional about his daughter’s historic achievement.
“I saw earrings on TV, I gave them to him in 2016 before the Olympics (Rio).
I have made it for the chip of gold and savings that I have so that it brings luck and success,” Leima said from him.
The house in Manipur where a large number of relatives, friends and sympathizers gathered to watch the history of Chanu’s script in Tokyo.
“I cried to see it and also when he won the medal.
His father (Saikhom Kriti Meitei) also cried.
Tears of joy.
All of his hard work caused success,” he added.
Chanu ended 21 years India waiting for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics by winning a silver medal in the 49kg category to open a state account on Saturday.
The 26-year-old lifted a total of 202kg (87kg 115kg) for a better bronze Karnam Malleswari at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
With this, he drove the ghost-ghost game 2016 where he failed to record a legitimate elevator.
“He told us that he would win gold or at least a medal.
So, everyone was waiting for it.
Many of our relatives stayed far came last night.
They stayed with us,” said Mrs.
Chanu.
With input from pti