New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh hailed former world champion and Olympic medalist Mirabai Chanu on securing a gold medal within the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Ahmedabad on Monday.
Chanu made a victorious return to motion with a gold medal on the Championships in Ahmedabad on Monday. In her first competitors for the reason that 2024 Paris Olympics, Chanu lifted a mixed 193 kg (84kg snatch+109kg clear and jerk) to not solely high the rostrum but in addition e book a direct ticket to the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, as per Olympics.com.
Mandaviya took to his X deal with, posting, ‘Champion Chanu! Congratulations to @mirabai_chanu on profitable the gold medal on the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2025.’
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Former Manipur CM Biren additionally lauded Chanu for her ‘unbelievable comeback’
‘What an unbelievable comeback! Huge congratulations to our champion Mirabai Chanu for snagging that gold with a record-breaking 193kg raise on the 2025 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Ahmedabad at the moment. This is pure satisfaction for Manipur, particularly in these robust occasions. Your gorgeous return to type & at the moment’s outstanding victory have actually impressed us all. Keep lifting the spirit of our state and the nation!,’ posted Biren.
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Taking half within the girls’s 48 kg class, Mirabai’s greatest snatch raise got here in her second try after lacking her first try. She tried 87 kg in her third try, however didn’t get a legitimate raise.
The Olympic medalist began the clear and jerk class effectively with a superb raise of 105 kg and upped it with a 109 kg raise within the second try. While she didn’t raise 113 kg in her last raise, it was sufficient to high the rostrum.
The podium was accomplished additional by India’s Sunil Dalvi, who lifted 177kg (76kg+101kg), and Nigeria’s Ruth Asouquo Nyong, who totalled 167kg (72kg+95kg), and took house the bronze.
At Paris 2024, Chanu registered 199kg (88kg snatch+111kg clear and jerk) within the 49kg division, however nonetheless couldn’t get the medal. She had secured a silver medal within the 49 kg class within the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Now, along with her 49 kg weight class discontinued beneath the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) revised weight classes, she is now part of the 48 kg class. (ANI)