Olympic weightlifting silver medalist champ Mirabai Chanu is back at her home from Tokyo. She received a warm welcome at Delhi Airport, Her dedication to weightlifting and love for the nation is the reason for her ultimate win.

Just After her historic 49-kg category win, she said, she wanted to have a tempting pizza as she was on a strict diet for months.

On Tuesday, Mirabai Chanu was seen with Kiren Rijju, Union Minister of Law and Justice, having pizza during an event that was conducted to felicitate our Olympic star.

Rijiju at his Instagram post captioned – “ Finally Mirabai gets to eat her pizza”

Imagine the hardship of our Olympic star and how a village girl reaches the Olympics final and gets Silver for our nation. Now, Mirabai is our star, and she deserves the best.

On a sweet note, Rijiju wrote,” Mirabai was withholding her desire to have pizza to maintain her weight for her Olympics game! Now, our champ has the freedom to enjoy her pizza.

The champ expressed her desire to have pizza, and surprisingly, Pizza giant Domino’s give a token of appreciation promised lifetime free pizza to our champion.

After Karnam Malleswari, Mirabai won in Olympics after 21 years in Tokyo. It is undoubtedly a memorable moment for India.

The Painful Night before Mirabai’s win!

What a day when Mirabai was spotted at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday, she landed from Japan, with her silver medal and her smiling face behind a face shield and a mask.

Between the innocent waving of her fans and the smile, the airport staff, the weightlifter, fellow travelers understand her pain that was there. How our champ suffered from abdominal cramps a night before the Olympics.

Mirabai words – she said she was tensed and have words with her coach sir about her pain. She said I don’t know why it is happening, so close to my medal match? I was worried about my body. But my focus on my medal.

She said – As athletes, we face such terrible issues and we know how to handle them.

Her coach said – We always wanted to have gold, Mirabai was confident about achieving the gold medal. But her pain resulted in her performance and hit her during the final. That’s why our champ missed two lifts ( 89 Kg in snatch and 117 Kg in clean and jerk. It is nothing new. The female athletes suffer from disturbed menstrual cycles due to heavy workouts, anxiety, and training sessions.

Chanu’s win

Her unforgettable journey and her performance let her set a record. she took the silver medal by lifting 202 Kg, 115 Kg in clean and jerk, and 87 Kg in snatch.

Finally, our champ is back at Manipur, her homeplace, and rewarded with:

• 1 crore amount from Manipur CM
• 2 crore from the Manipur Government
• Lifetime Free Pizza from Dominos
• Lifetime free movie tickets from Inox
• ASP of Manipur

This is what we called ultimate winning! We are proud to have Mirabai Chanu as our champion. 

What do you learn from Chanu’s life?

No matter what, you belong to a rich family or a small village. if you have the willingness to prove yourself, one day you will hold a medal for your country.

Yes, our champion got silver for our Nation! So, you can be the next one, chase your dreams, believe in yourself and you will be the next Olympic Champion!

You have the power to build your destiny! Keep up the Sportsman spirit, make your career in sports and get appreciation.

All the best sports students!

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India has sent its talented contingent to the Tokyo Olympics, with the motto of
increasing the number of medals haul over the last games.

Now it’s time to watch out for the most awaited performance of our champs! With the number of 120 athletes across 85 events, India is looking ahead to win medals for wrestling, shooting, boxing, badminton, and archery.

Indian athletes have proved their love for the country by getting two medals from the 2016 Rio Olympics. The bronze medal was won by wrestler Sakshi Malik in the 58 Kg Freestyle women Wrestling event.

This time, India has stepped in two new events for the very first time, with Fouaad Mirza, making it to the equestrian event, and Bhavani Devi, becoming the first fencer to qualify for the event.

Shooting

Get ready to cheer our shooting champs!

India’s 15 shooting-member contingent is the favorite to achieve medals. India’s biggest hopes are pinned on our champions, Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker.

Indians are waiting for our heroes to perform extraordinary well in the Olympics 2020! Manu Bhaker, the 19-year-old girl, known for being the top-most contender in the 10m Women’s Air Pistol event, has won the gold medals from various events like Commonwealth Games and Youth Olympics.

If we talk about our proud shooter Saurabh Chaudhary, then he has set the record of being World number two and the champion of Youth Olympics. The champ has won the title for the youngest Indian shooter to win a gold medal at the Asian Games, held in 2018, at just a tender age of 16.

Badminton

21 -year old, PV Sindhu has turned around the table and bagged a silver at the Rio Olympics. The talented gem has won a billion hearts with her magical performance.

She said in her interview that when she was just a participant, now everyone says Sindhu you must get a medal. The ace shuttler has also achieved the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award. In 2019, the shuttler was crowned the World Badminton Championship, but she said miles to go.

But, Indeed she is the top medal prospect in the Tokyo Olympics!

Boxing

The Magnificent Mary, the Indian Iron lady, Mary Kom, is full- set ready to change her medal color from Bronze to Silver or Gold. In May, she picked up a Silver medal in Kazakhstan’s Nazym Kyzaibay, held in Dubai.

In the London Olympics, our favorite Mary won a bronze, when she participated in the Flyweight section ( 51 Kg). At 38, Mary is doing her best and super-excited for this Olympics, India rooting for her champion before she takes off her gloves.

Wrestling

With Sakshi Malik, India had a decent run in the Badminton game at the Rio Olympics in 2016. She has earned a bronze medal. She suffered from a bad injury in Rio and came back in a wheelchair at her place. She says- my career almost came to an end, but thankfully, I got a second chance to make my dream true.

With three world championships winning, Indian wrestler, Bajrang Punia is the top-most wrestling contender from India in the 65 Kg Men’s category. Yes, this is his first Olympics. Let’s Finger -crossed hope for the best performance.

Before we meet our other champs, let’s watch India’s medal tally at the recent Olympics.

2016 Rio Olympics: India won 1 Silver and 1 Bronze

2012 London Olympics: India won 2 Silver and 4 Bronze

2008 Beijing Olympics: India won 1 Gold and 2 Bronze

Till now, India got 28 medals, the journey of earning medals begins in 1900- 5 from Wrestling, 11 from hockey, four from shooting, two for boxing, athletics, badminton, and one in weightlifting and tennis.

Weightlifting

Mirabai Chanu is performing for the second time on the big stage. In 2016, she qualified for Rio but, unfortunately, failed to record her victory.

In 2017, the champion went on ahead to earn the Gold in the Commonwealth Games, and in 2019, she won a bronze medal in the Asian weightlifting Championships.

We are proud to have the lone weightlifter in India’s Olympics contingent.

Archery

Deepika Kumari has won three gold for India at Archery World Cup, held in Paris. She is one of the strong candidates for a medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Kumari has performed tremendously well in her career, with 7 bronze medals and 1 silver medal, she has set a bar.

Now, let’s see how she will add the Tokyo Olympic medal to her tally.

Now,wait for our next blog, we will update you with India’s first-most Olympic winner! Folks, you will love to read out her inspirational story. If you know the champion’s name,tell us in the comment section.

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