Mirabai Chanu says “I am going to Manipur to spend time with my mother”

Mirabai Chanu is an Indian that gave their first medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. She is energetic to meet her mother. The weightlifter will travel to Manipur on Tuesday.

“I can’t wait to see my mother. I will be traveling to Manipur tomorrow. And will spend quality time with my mother”. “I will take a break from weightlifting for a time being. I will start training after a few weeks,” Mirabai Chanu said at Sports Tak in an exclusive interview.

The Manipuri competitor landed. At the Unused Delhi Air terminal on Monday. And was gotten by an energizing gathering. With chants of “Bharat Mata ki Jai” among others. When inquired was there any kind of weight. On her, the 27-year-old answered: “Pressure was there as I was carrying the complete nation’s trust. Everybody was anticipating me to win a medal. There was a bit of nervousness also.”

Chanu in Tokyo Olympics 2020

Chanu opened the country’s account. With silver within the women’s 49 kg category. At the Tokyo Recreations, at long final, exorcizing. The nebulous visions of her pitiful trip. To the Rio Games five years prior. As the celebrations have begun at domestic. Mirabai’s brother Biont Meetei strolled down. The memory path to review how she would choose up wood. From the wilderness and appeared her quality even as a little child.

“Mirabai eats a lot of vegetables. She loves drinking juices. It would go to the jungle to pluck fruits and pick wood. She has always been a strong girl. She would go to the jungle to pick wood which we needed to cook food,”

“After she grew up, she would come back and ask us to come to pick wood. If anyone else could not lift a lot of heavy wood, Mirabai would pick it. And the others would say: okay, you are a weightlifter now, pick up our wood also,”

These statements from Mirabai’s brother.

Mirabai lifted an add up to of 202kg (87kg+115kg). To better Karnam Malleswari’s bronze. Inside the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Mirabai Chanu got to be the primary Indian athlete. To win a medal on the primary day of the Olympics. And is as it were the moment after Karnam Malleswari. Clinch a decoration in weightlifting in over two decades. Mirabai wishes that her medal. It will be able to motivate the following era of athletes in India.

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