Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, who won gold medal in Commonwealth Games 2022, spoke about her inspirations in life with the host and megastar Amitabh Bachchan on 'Kaun Banega Crorepati 14'. She also shared how her coach in Manipur gave her .
She recalls her days of picking up bamboo in forests before her coach in Manipur saw her saw desire to train and gave her first weights to practice with.
Mirabai Chanu s favourite actor is Salman Khan
National Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu returned to India recently after winning her silver medal win in the women s weightlifting 49 kg category on the first day of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Ranked third in the world, the 26-year-old Indian lifted a total of 202 kg to claim the silver medal.
Mirabai becomes the second Indian to win an Olympic medal in weightlifting after Karanam Malleswari s historic bronze in 2000 and just the fifth individual to win a silver medal.
After this historic win, Mirabai was praised and congratulated by millions of people, including prominent Bollywood stars and politicians, on social media. Anil Kapoor wrote, Congratulations @mirabai chanu !! This is incredible!! #TeamIndia #Cheer4India , while, Abhishek Bachchan wrote, Congratulations @mirabai chanu on bringing India a silver medal in weightlifting and giving us a strong start!