A “Special” Birthday Celebration For Mirabai Chanu And His Family See Photos.
Mirabai Chanu celebrated her birthday with her family after returning from the Tokyo Olympics with a silver medal.
On Sunday, Indian weightlifting star Mirabai Chanu (Saikhom Mirabai Chanu) celebrated her birthday, which is very special for her because she is accompanied by her family. In the years following the disappointing campaign for the Rio Olympics in 2016, she sacrificed time with her family to focus on her preparations. This time Mirabai Chanu received a well-deserved rest. Returning as a silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics “I am very happy to celebrate my birthday with my family after such a long time,” he tweeted a photo of their celebration. “This birthday has become even more special because I received my biggest reward in the form of an Olympic medal,” he added.
Here are more pictures from her birthday celebrations:
Mirabai Chanu was the first Indian to win an award at the Tokyo Games, which found some conclusion on Sunday.
The 26-year-old lifted a sum of 202kg (87kg+115kg) in the ladies’ 49kg class to better Karnam Malleswari’s bronze in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. It was additionally India’s first Olympic award in weightlifting since the Sydney Games.
“I have made many penances to reach here,” she had told in a selective meeting in the wake of winning her silver decoration in Tokyo. “To be a major player or accomplish something important, you need to cause penances and I to have made many penances,” she had said.
She uncovered how she had missed her sister’s wedding as she was getting ready for the 2017 World Championships following her dissatisfactions at the Rio Games.
“I had buckled down for the 2017 World Championship. My sister was getting hitched, yet I missed that.
“In the wake of fizzling at the Rio Olympics, I had the World Championship in front of me and that was my opportunity to substantiate myself, so I didn’t return home and missed my sister’s wedding,” she said.
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