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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

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