Indian weightlifter, Mirabai Chanu made her nation proud when she won the silver medal in the Tokyo Olympic Games. Unfortunately, in the Paris Olympics 2024, she finished fourth in the women's 49 kg category and missed the bronze medal by just one kilogram. Undoubtedly, she showed immense courage despite having weakness in her body during the game, which she recently revealed.
Mirabai Chanu's disappointment after coming fourth in the women's 49 kg category in the Paris Olympics 2024 was clearly visible on her face as she looked quite emotional. According to Revsports, she told after her final event that she tried her best yet she missed by 1 kg at the Paris Olympics. She revealed:
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"I'm on the third day of my periods. Had weakness. This affected my game. I gave my best, but it wasn't my day."
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Although Mirabai was on the third day of her period and had weakness in her body, she did her best in the Paris Olympics. For the unversed, the Indian weightlifter lifted a total of 199 kg, including 88 kg in snatch and 111 kg in clean and jerk. However, she missed the medal by just one kilogram. Well, her fans have been heaping praises on her for giving her best in the game.
It is noteworthy that Mirabai made a comeback after recovering from a hip injury. This time, at the Paris Olympics 2024, she could lift only 3 kg less than what she could do at the Tokyo Olympics. During the previous Tokyo Olympics, she had lifted 202 kg for a silver medal. Now, during an interview with the media present over there, after the Paris Olympics 2024 final event, Mirabai said:
"I am happy with my performance because after recovering from the injury I got very little time to prepare. I lifted 85 kg in practice and did the same in this event. I was confident of performing well in clean and jerk. Everything was going well and I followed everything the coach said. Today luck was not with me, I could not win the medal but I did my best."
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Defeating Mirabai Chanu, Hou Zhihui from China, Valentina Cambei from Romania and Surodchana Khambai from Thailand won medals. While the Chinese weightlifter lifted a total of 206 kg (snatch 89, clean and jerk 117), Valentina could do 205 kg (snatch 93, clean and jerk 112), and Surodchana got one kilogram more than Mirabai. Surodchana could lift 88 kg in snatch and 112 kg in clean and jerk.
We are proud of Mirabai Chanu's courage despite her failure in the Olympics.
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