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Mirabai Chanu (born 9 August 1994) is an Indian weightlifter. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Women's 49 kg event. She has won gold medals at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games. She was awarded the Padma Shri and Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna by the Government of India in 2018.
Lifters from the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 - Medallists Hou Zhihui of China and Saikhom Mirabai Chanu of India - along with other participants, Chinese Taipei's Fang Wan-ling, United States' Jourdan Delacruz, Dominican Republic's Beatriz Pirón and Belgium's Nina Sterckx - returns for this event, along with debutants.
Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu secured one of the top ten slots in the women's 49 kg weight division based on the IWF Olympic qualification rankings. [188] The main event took place on 7 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. [189] Mirabai Chanu lifted 85 kg on her first snatch attempt.
In the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu won the gold medal in the women's 48 kg category, while Mirabai Chanu took the silver in the same event. In the men's 56 kg category, Sukhen Dey won gold and Ganesh Mali won bronze and Sathish Sivalingam won the gold medal in the 77 kg category, with 149 kg snatch, and 179 kg ...
Indian field hockey team that won the gold medal at 1928 Olympics. India made its first appearance at the 1900 Summer Olympics as part of British India (1858-1947), becoming the first Asian nation to participate in the Olympic Games. [1] A lone athlete Norman Pritchard represented the country and won two silver medals in athletics. [2]
This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and other venues in Metropolitan France, plus one subsite in Tahiti in the overseas country of French Polynesia. Competition began on 24 July with the first matches in the group stages of football and rugby sevens events.
The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running. [5]
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu: 5 April 2018 Commonwealth Games: Gold Coast, Australia [24] Clean and jerk 110 kg Saikhom Mirabai Chanu: 5 April 2018 Commonwealth Games: Gold Coast, Australia [24] Total 196 kg Saikhom Mirabai Chanu: 5 April 2018 Commonwealth Games: Gold Coast, Australia [24]-53 kg Snatch 90 kg W. Nandini Devi: 19 July 2003 Patiala, India