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Gold Coast: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won the first gold medal for India in the ongoing Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on Thursday. Mirabai pocketed the medal competing in the 48kg category of the weightlifting.
She also set a new record in Commonwealth games and surpassed her own personal record as she lifted a total of 196 kgs in snatch and clean and jerk combined.
Marie Hanitra of Mauritius won the silver by finishing a distant second with a total of 170 kg while Dinusha Gomes of Sri Lanka took bronze with 155 kg.
With Mirabai Chanu’s medal, India have two medals. Earlier, Gururaja Poojary won silver in the 56 kg category of weightlifting.
Meanwhile, people from all walks of life including Union Ministers, Bollywood stars and sports personality took to twitter to congratulate the 23-year-old golden girl.
Proud moment for India! Congratulations Saikhom Mirabai Chanu for winning India’s first gold at #CWG2018 in women’s weightlifting 48 kg category!
— Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) April 5, 2018
congratulations .. and so proud of you Mirabi Chanu .. you have made us all proud Indians 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 https://t.co/fzQ6LAPOXe
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 5, 2018
Mirabai Saikhom Chanu wins Gold medal in #GoldCoast2018 Commonwealth Games …She broke the Previous record of 98.9Kgs Truly a Proud Moment For the entire Country #CWG2018 pic.twitter.com/aPVssAiK3e
— Sabka Marley 🇮🇳 (@MarleyYadaV) April 5, 2018