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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Meet Olympic Medalist, Mirabai Chanu, an Accidental Weightlifter

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Mirabai Chanu Silver Medalist life journey: From failing to lift in any of her three attempts in clean and jerk at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games to winning a silver medal in Tokyo, life has come a long way for Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu. Mirabai, the 26-year-old from Manipur, finished second behind China’s Hou Zihui (210kg — 94 snatch & 116 clean & jerk) with a total of 202kg (87 in snatch and 115 in clean and jerk) to win the silver medal. With this, Mirabai won India’s first medal in Tokyo and became the second weightlifter from the country to clinch an Olympic medal. Watch video to know the journey of Mirabai Chanu, how she struggled and paved way as an olympic medallist at Tokyo 2020.

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