CWG 2022: Mirabai Chanu wins Gold in Weightlifting

Insight Bureau: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won the GOLD in Women’s 49kg category with a total lift of 201 kg. She set a new Commonwealth Games record.

Chanu won the first Gold Medal for India at the Commonwealath Games 2022 in Birmingham.

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 She lifted a total of 201 kg (CWG Record) – Snatch- 88kg + Clean & Jerk- 113kg. It was Mirabai Chanu’s 3rd consecutive medal at CWG: Silver (2014) & Gold (2018, 2022).

Earlier, India’s Sanket Mahadev Sargar had won a Silver medal in the 55Kg weight category, while Gururaj Poojary won a Bronze medal in the Men’s 61Kg weight category.

Mirabai Chanu Gold

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