Commonwealth Games 2022 | Mirabai Chanu wins first gold for India
With the win of Mirabai Chanu, India’s medal tally went up to three.
With the win of Mirabai Chanu, India’s medal tally went up to three.
Star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu (49kg) went on a record-smashing spree, claiming four of them in a power-packed performance, to claim India’s first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on July 30, 2022.
In a remarkable performance, Chanu smashed the Commonwealth and CWG record in snatch.
She obliterated the Games record in clean and jerk as well as total lift.
The former world champion ended with a total lift of 201kg (88kg+113kg), which is far from her personal best.
#Weightlifting Update 🚨
Tokyo Olympics Silver medalist @mirabai_chanu equals the National Record and set the new Games Record and Commonwealth Record in Women’s 49kg Snatch category with a lift of 88kg
Mirabai is on 🔥🔥🔥
🆙️⏭️
Clean & Jerk 🙂#Cheer4India#IndiaTaiyaarHaipic.twitter.com/96FxAGGLP2— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 30, 2022
Tokyo Olympics & Commonwealth Games medalist 🏋♀️ @mirabai_chanu is all geared up to begin her campaign at @birminghamcg22 shortly
Mirabai is confident & ready for another adventure 🔥🔥#Cheer4India#IndiaTaiyaarHai#India4CWG2022@PMOIndia@ianuragthakur@NisithPramanikpic.twitter.com/VxI74XGH4E
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 30, 2022
She equalled her national record lift of 88kg in the snatch section.
The Olympic silver medallist, who has been working on her snatch technique, then attempted the much-anticipated 90kg but couldn’t pull it off.
MIRABAI WINS GOLD 🥇@mirabai_chanu wins 1️⃣st Gold & 3️⃣rd Medal for 🇮🇳 at @birminghamcg22 🤩🤩 & her 3rd consecutive medal at CWG: 2 🥇1 🥈
The Confident Mira lifted a total of 201 Kg (GR) in the Women’s 49kg Finals🏋♂️ at #B2022
Snatch- 88kg (GR)
Clean & Jerk- 113kg (GR)
1/1 pic.twitter.com/kI56gxxIqg— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 30, 2022
Sporting her famous ‘lucky’ earrings shaped like the Olympic rings, Chanu lifted more than twice her body weight (109kg, 113kg) in the clean and jerk, in which she holds the world record (119kg).
Mauritian weightlifter Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa 172kg (76kg+96kg) won the silver.
Hannah Kaminski of Canada 171 kg (74kg+97kg) also finished on the podium.
With this Chanu added a third CWG medal to her kitty, having won silver and gold in the Glasgow and Gold Coast editions respectively.
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