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Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (born 9 August 1994) is an Indian weightlifter, supported by OGQ. Mirabai Chanu lifted a total of 201 kg, winning the gold medal at the CWG 2022. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Women's 49 kg category. Mirabai Chanu has won the World Championships and multiple medals at the Commonwealth Games.
Mirabai Chanu sprung to international prominence at the age of 20, when she bagged the silver medal in the 48kg category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland. At the 2017 world weightlifting championships in Anaheim, USA, Mirabai Chanu became the first Indian weightlifter in over two decades to claim a gold medal. Her effort in the 48kg category was the first since Sydney 2000 bronze medallist Karnam Malleswari’s title runs in 1994 and 1995.
Jul 23, 2021 · Indian weightlifting ace Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.. The 26-year-old Mirabai Chanu managed a total lift of 202 kgs (87kgs in snatch + 115 kgs in clean and jerk) to finish behind the Olympic champion Hou Zhihui of China, who set an Olympic record with a lift of 210 kgs (94+116). Indonesia’s Aisah Windy Cantika took the bronze medal with an effort of 194kg (84+110).. At the Tokyo International Forum, Mirabai Chanu began with a 84kg lift in ...
Jun 22, 2022 · Mirabai Chanu had missed out on a medal at the World Weightlifting Championships 2019 after being beaten to the bronze medal by North Korean lifter Ri Song Gum. Heading into Tokyo 2020, the top-two ranked weightlifters in the 49kg category were both Chinese. But with the Olympic rules allowing only one lifter from a country in a particular weight category, Chanu’s medal chances improved even further.
Jun 27, 2024 · Injury-hit Mirabai Chanu is all set to push the weight envelope at the Paris Olympics next month. Admitting that she has reached “85 percent” of her performance after recovering from hip ...
Jun 27, 2024 · Keen to add another Olympic medal to her silver in Tokyo, weightlifter Mirabai Chanu is taking precautions to avoid a repeat of her heart-breaking experience at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year. For Mirabai, the only Indian lifter to have qualified for Paris 2024, the last Asian Games, where she injured her right hip during the competition and could not register a total, was a learning experience.
Mar 28, 2022 · Mirabai Chanu: '4am truck rides to training were the only way' Born in Manipur state, in the north-east of India, the 27-year old learned her craft by carrying firewood from the hills to her home.
Mar 28, 2022 · Mirabai Chanu created history in 2021 when she became the first Indian weightlifter to clinch a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics. In her reaction to winning the award, Mirabai Chanu thanked the ...
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Aug 2, 2022 · India’s Mirabai Chanu with the gold medal after winning women’s 49kg weightlifting category match of the Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG), in Birmingham, UK, Saturday, July 30, 2022. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Shorter lifters have some advantage — but there are exceptions. Advertisement. At 5’7”, Jeremy is so far the tallest among the four gold medallists at the CWG, with others ranging between 5 feet and 5’6”. Mirabai, it must be underlined, is just 4’8”.
Jul 24, 2021 · Mirabai Chanu created history on Saturday by winning India's first ever weightlifting silver medal in Olympics, after lifting a total of 202 kg in the women's 49 kg event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic ...
Jul 24, 2021 · Mirabai Chanu wins India’s first medal at Tokyo Olympics 2020: When one of India’s greatest moments in weightlifting was being hoisted into reality by the legendary Karnam Malleswari, at the Sydney Games in 2000, the state of Manipur was laying the ground for their own moment in the sun, albeit 21 years later. Barring the Beijing Games, the state has sent four different women weightlifters over five Olympics — a generational effort that culminated in Mirabai Saikom Chanu’s monstrous ...
Aug 8, 2021 · Mirabai Chanu talks about putting the heartbreak of Rio behind, missing her mother, and retaining composure in the face of pressure; coach Vijay Kumar explains the determination and discipline which lie at the heart of his 26-year-old ward’s success. The session was moderated by Senior Assistant Editor Shivani Naik. Shivani Naik: Which was more stressful — the snatch of 87 kg or the clean & jerk of 115 kg?
Jul 24, 2021 · Print. Mirabai Chanu won India's first medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after clinching silver in the women's 49 kg event on Saturday. This is India's first silver in weightlifting at the Olympics ...
Jul 24, 2021 · Mirabai Chanu. (AFP Photo) Profile: Mirabai Chanu, the 2017 world champion, lifted 86kg in snatch and a world record 119kg in clean and jerk for a total of 205kg to win the bronze medal at the ...
Feb 6, 2023 · Where is Mirabai Chanu from? Mirabai Chanu was born on August 8, 1994, in the village of Nongpok Kakching, about 20 kilometres from the city of Imphal - the state capital of Manipur. Youngest among six siblings, Mirabai Chanu came from a poor family. Her father Saikhom Kriti Meitei was a construction worker in the state Public Works Department (PWD) while her mother Saikhom Tombi Devi ran a small tea shop.
Jul 24, 2021 · India's superstar athlete Mirabai Chanu is the only Indian weightlifter to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games, which start on July 23. She will take part in the 49kgs category. Currently ranked ...
Aug 8, 1994 · Saikhom Mirabai Chanu is an Indian woman weightlifter born on 8th August 1994 who won the 1st medal for India in the Tokyo Olympics. She hails from Nongpok Kakching village of Imphal East in Manipur.
Aug 9, 2021 · Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu scripted history when she claimed a silver medal in the women’s 49kg weight category to open India’s account on the first day of medal events in the Tokyo Olympics. The first Indian weightlifter to bag a medal after Karnam Malleswari in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Mirabai got a hero’s welcome when she landed in Delhi.
Chanu Saikhom Mirabai is an Indian weight lifter who represents India in the international events. She won Silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Women's 49 kg, securing India's first medal of the ...
Apr 5, 2018 · Champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who won India’s first gold medal in the ongoing Commonwealth Games, hails from Manipur. Enroute to the gold medal, Chanu also broke three Games records in ...
2 days ago · Saikom Mirabai Chanu earned the opening medal for India at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 on Day 1 of the Games. She became the first Indian lifter to win a silver medal and second overall after Karnam Malleshwari, who won bronze at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The 29-year-old former world champion will once again be expected to add to India’s medal tally at the Paris Olympics 2024. “Pressure comes in every player’s life,” said Mirabai Chanu.
Dec 19, 2022 · The then 19-year-old Mirabai Chanu lifted a total of 170kg to finish with a silver medal. Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu, two years senior to Mirabai, won the gold with a total of 173kg. As fate would have it, Kunjarani Devi was the coach as the two women from Manipur stole the show. “Sanjita and Mirabai were simply great,” Kunjarani beamed.
Jul 30, 2022 · — Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (@mirabai_chanu) July 24, 2022. What makes Chanu’s top-of-the-podium finish on Saturday even more special is that she, according to her coach Vijay Sharma, wasn’t competing at her peak. “The Olympic qualification events as well as the World Championship will be in December. It’s tough to maintain a lifter’s peak for so long. So, our aim will be to just check how far we have progressed,” Sharma had told this paper before Saturday’s event.
Mirabai Chanu is a medal away from becoming the first Indian weightlifter to win two Olympic medals. The Tokyo 2020 silver medallist says success at Paris Olympics will depend on how well she ...
Jun 27, 2024 · Mirabai Chanu knows that anything less than a 200kg total lift (snatch + clean and jerk) won't be enough to win a medal in Paris and she is working towards that with her long-time coach Vijay ...
5 days ago · Mirabai Chanu highlighted the immense support from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, particularly in being able to secure the services of world renowned sports scientist Dr. Aaron Horschig from St. Louis in the United States of America while Annu Rani spoke glowingly about being able to train for an extended period of time at European bases.
Jul 27, 2021 · India has been made proud by Saikhom Mirabai Chanu who won the silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics 2021 for weightlifting in the 49 kg category. She is the second Indian weightlifter after Karnam ...
Jun 27, 2024 · Tokyo Olympics silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who is taking it easy since returning to action following a six-month injury lay-off, is targeting a lift of above 90kg in snatch in ...
Apr 5, 2018 · From carrying firewood to clinching Olympic silver, Mirabai Chanu's story is one of immense courage TNN / Jul 25, 2021, 05:48 (IST) Born in a poor family, Mirabai was the youngest of six siblings.
