ace India Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu created history by winning a gold medal in the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games in the 49kg category. Chanu lived up to the expectations of the people and emerged victorious. He won the gold medal in snatch and clean and jerk with a total of 201 kg and set a Commonwealth Games record.
This was her third consecutive medal at the Commonwealth Games as the streak started with Glasgow 2014 where she won silver and then went on to win gold at Gold Coast 2018. However, his most impressive performance so far was at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. He broke his own personal record with a combined effort of 201 kg.
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Answering a question from News18 in a select media interaction organized by Play The Authority of India (SAI) and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Chanu said that preparation for Tokyo Olympics and Birmingham Commonwealth Games was a bit different as she trained on her snatch technique for the ongoing Games which worked in her favour.
“The preparation was a little different. I worked hard for 5 years to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics because the process started right after the Rio Olympics. I worked on my shortcomings from Rio so that I could get better for the Tokyo Olympics. There is a difference between the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. Everyone knows Commonwealth Games is a little easy for me, but I worked hard for it. The process was to improve my game for the future and for that it was an internal battle,” said Chanu.
“The training process was a little different because after returning from Tokyo, I worked on my snatch technique, which I implemented tonight. It was a fight to improve for the future,” she said.
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In the 49kg category, Chanu lifted 84kg in her first attempt in the snatch round and took a huge lead over her opposition. However, she did not stop there and lifted 88 kg in her second attempt and achieved the same. In the clean and jerk round, she lifted the gold medal by lifting 109 kg and lifted the challenge by lifting 113 kg in her second attempt.
The next challenge for Chanu is to repeat the same success in the upcoming World Championship.
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