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Commonwealth Games 2022: Nation celebrates Mirabai Chanu

It s not Mirabai, lifter Bindyarani Devi idolises the legendary Kunjarani Devi

Birmingham, July 31 (IANS): Though she is called Mirabai Chanu 2.0 by people from her native state Manipur, Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam doesn’t idolise the celebrated Tokyo Olympic Games silver medallist. Instead, Bindyarani’s idol is the legendary Kunjarani Devi, a pioneer of Indian women’s weightlifting and one of the first woman lifters from the country to win medals at international level. “Though we come from the same state and from nearby towns around Imphal, I have no relationship with Mirabai Chanu. I did not follow her into weightlifting. I was inspired by Kunjarani Devi,” Bindyarani Devi said here after winning India’s fourth medal in weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. Bindyarani won silver in women’s 55kg on a successful day at the CWG weightlifting arena. She won the medal a couple of hours after Mirabai Chanu had bagged India’s first gold in this edition of the Games. The 23-year-old from Manipur lifted

Commonwealth Games 2022: Weightlifter Bindyarani Devi wins silver, India s fourth medal in Birmingham

Birmingham, July 31 (IANS): Bindyarani Devi won India a fourth medal on a successful day at the Commonwealth Games weightlifting arena in Birmingham, bagging a silver medal in the Women’s 55 kg weight class. The 22-year-old from Manipur lifted a total weight of 202 kg with a superb attempt of 116 kg in her final turn in clean and jerk to leapfrog England’s Fraer Morrow (198) and finished just 1kg adrift of Nigeria’s Adijat Adenike Dlarindye, who ended with a total of 203 kg, a Games record. Bindyarani, who managed a best effort of 86 kg in the snatch category, placing behind the Nigerian 92 kg and the English girl 88 kg, came back strongly in clean and jerk, which is her stronger side as she made up for the gap with two superb lifts. She started the clean and jerk with 110 kg in the first attempt while the Nigerian girl failed to lift the same weight. Adijat lifted 110 kg in her second attempt and then added one more kg to her total, while Bindyarani Devi failed to cl

Commonwealth Games: Mirabai Chanu strikes first gold for India; Bindyarani Devi bags silver in Weightlifting

Commonwealth Games: Mirabai Chanu strikes first gold for India; Bindyarani Devi bags silver in Weightlifting
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