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- Published: July 31, 2022 11:33
New Delhi: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu on Saturday not just shattered the games record in women’s weightlifting, but also put up a staggering show while defending the gold she won four years back in Gold Coast.
Chanu bagged the first gold for India in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, bringing in the third medal of the day for the nation.
The Indian weightlifting champion defended her previous title in the tournament by lifting a total of 201kgs, with 88kg in snatch and 113kg in clean and jerk.
At the snatch event, the latter went on to lift 84 Kg in her first attempt, while the lift of 88kg in her second try helped her create a new CWG record in the Women’s 49 Kg weight category.
However, here we are bringing an interesting story of Mirabai Chanu’s golden earrings, whom she considers to be her lucky charm.
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Mirabai Chanu made India proud by nabbing the first medal silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Women’s 49 kg category in the very first day of the tournament.
Apart from the glow on her face and her appealing smile, it was her golden earrings designed in loops, representing the five Olympics rings that received much attention. The story behind the earrings is further more interesting and emotional.
The earrings were gifted to Chanu by her mother Saikhom Leima before Rio games 2016, that she bought by investing some of her jewellery and saving, hoping it would bring good-luck in her daughter’s performance.
Though the Rio games did not bring much success to Chanu, but she indeed put an unmatchable show during the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics and the ongoing CWG games.
“I saw the earrings on TV, I gave them to her in 2016 before the (Rio) Olympics. I have made it for her from the gold pieces and savings I have so that it brings luck and success”, Leima told news agency PTI.