Mirabai Chanu got to be as it were the moment Indian after Karnam Malleswari to clinch an Olympic award in weightlifting in over two decades and said that her introductory travel was challenging.
Chanu opened the country’s account with silver within the women’s 49 kg category at the Tokyo Games to gotten to be the primary Indian to clinch a medal for the nation on the primary day of the Olympics.
“This journey has been good for me. It wasn’t easy in the beginning. I worked for the Tokyo Olympics for five years. After failing also at the Rio Olympics, my only aim was to also win a medal at the Tokyo Games,” Mirabai told Aaj Tak at the Jai Ho conclave.
The diminutive press woman from Manipur lifted an add up to 202kg (87kg+115kg) to way better Karnam Malleswari’s bronze within the 2000 Sydney Olympics. With this, she exorcized the apparitions of the 2016 Diversions, where she had fizzled to log a single authentic lift, clearing out her shattered.
“There was a lot of trouble at the beginning of my career. For training, I had to take in the truck. But, there was this zeal to train, and because of that, there was no fear. I didn’t want to miss training,” she said.
“In the beginning, the family members were also scared. But later, the mother also spoke to the truck driver and told him to take care of me. After a while, the same truck driver used to wait in front of the house. I have got a lot of support from people,” Mirabai Chanu said.
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