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Lack of competition does make it a bit boring, says CWG 2022 champion Mirabai Chanu

Commonwealth Games (CWG), but not without a feeling and a sentiment that elite-level athletes can have but rarely show when there's lack of competition -- that it gets 'boring'. En route to a hat-trick of CWG medals, the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist knocked off milestones effortlessly. The Commonwealth and Games records in 'Snatch' were the first to fall. By the time she missed lifting 115kg in her third clean and jerk (C&J) attempt, she had already rewritten the Games record in C&J as well as in the total weight.

Our Yuva Shakti is creating history: PM Narendra Modi after Jeremy Lalrinnunga wins CWG gold

The 19-year-old weightlifter smashed two Games records on his way to a sensational gold medal win at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games as he added a second yellow metal to India's tally on Sunday. "Our Yuva Shakti is creating history! Congratulations to @raltejeremy, who has won a Gold in his very first CWG and has set a phenomenal CWG record as well," Modi said in a tweet.

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 3 Live Updates: Jeremy Lalrinnunga Wins Gold, Boxer Nikhat Zareen In Last Eight

Commonwealth Games, Day 3, Live Updates: Star weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga has won the second gold for India in men's 67kg weightlifting. He set a new Games Record of 300kg combined lift. With Jeremy medal India have now won two gold, two silver and one bronze medal.

CWG 2022: Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga Wins Gold In Men's 67kg Final

The medal rush from the sport of weightlifting continued for India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games as Jeremy Lalrinnunga won a gold in the men's 67kg category. This is India's second gold medal of the campaign after ace lifter Mirabai Chanu kept her promise and delivered a gold on Saturday. Jeremy created a new Commonwealth Games record in the snatch event, by picking up 140 kg.

CWG 2022: IOA lauds Mirabai Chanu's gold-winning feat, congratulates others

Chanu, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympic Games last year, defended her Commonwealth gold from the 2018 edition with a record-breaking total of 201kg (88kg + 113kg) in the 49kg category of women's weightlifting at the National Exhibition Centre here on Saturday.

CWG 2022: Mirabai Chanu Wins India's First Gold, Here's How The World Reacted

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won India's first gold at the ongoing Commonwealth Games after she brought home the laurel in women's 49kg weightlifting final. The 27-year-old lifted a total of 201kg to win the yellow metal and this was India's third medal of Day 2 of the ongoing event after Sanket Sargar (silver) and Gururaja (bronze) delivered earlier in the day. Later on, Bindyarani Devi won India's fourth medal after she returned with a silver in women's 55kg category.

CWG 2022: Mirabai Chanu bosses field to claim gold, as weightlifters win four medals for India on Day 2

Commonwealth Games (CWG) a sparkling one for India and the country's weightlifting contingent. Olympic silver medallist Mirabai was expected to win a gold medal on the second day of the competition, and she did it with remarkable ease, shattering four records in a power-packed performance. Literally owning the stage, Mirabai outshone the field by lifting 201kg (88kg+113kg), which was a humongous 29kg more than the second-placed Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa's 172kg (76kg+96kg) from Mauritius, while Canada's Hannah Kaminski was behind by another kilogram (74kg+97kg). HIGHLIGHTS - DAY 2While others began in the 60kg range, Mirabai straightaway lifted 86kg in her first attempt to pull away from the field, and matched her personal best of 88kg in the second attempt. She went for a record-breaking 90kg, but could not succeed. In clean and jerk, she began by lifting 109kg and that successful attempt sealed her and India's first gold. She returned for a successful 113kg lift, but could not complete the 115kg in her final try.

Record-shattering Mirabai Chanu bags India's first gold at Birmingham Commonwealth Games

It must have felt slightly strange for Mirabai Chanu, bossing the weightlifting area with nobody to challenge her. Such a different scenario from the events of Tokyo Olympics last year, when the Chinese Hou Zhihu was lifting weights as if they were shopping bags, pushing our diminutive Manipur girl to come up with her own special in an epic 49-kg lift-off. Then it had got her a terrific silver, setting the stage for a memorable Indian Olympic medal windfall. It was July 24, 2021 then; it is July 30 now. Today. In Birmingham, you could say, she was on her own. Lifting a whopping 29 kg more than the second-placed Marie Hanitra Ranaivosoa of Mauritius. Mirabai lifted a total of 201 kg – 88 kg in snatch and 113 kg in clean and jerk – to create a new CWG record as well as her own personal best. There was a banner from the stands that made Hindi-following people present at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull burst into laughter. “Mira tum ho India ka hira (Mira you are India’s diamond).” Truly she is a diamond, and for sure she is India’s lucky charm, the country’s talisman kick-starting things with a gold medal-winning performance at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

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Lack of competition does make it a bit boring, says CWG 2022 champion Mirabai Chanu

Our Yuva Shakti is creating history: PM Narendra Modi after Jeremy Lalrinnunga wins CWG gold

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 3 Live Updates: Jeremy Lalrinnunga Wins Gold, Boxer Nikhat Zareen In Last Eight

CWG 2022: Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga Wins Gold In Men's 67kg Final

CWG 2022: IOA lauds Mirabai Chanu's gold-winning feat, congratulates others

CWG 2022: Mirabai Chanu Wins India's First Gold, Here's How The World Reacted

CWG 2022: Mirabai Chanu bosses field to claim gold, as weightlifters win four medals for India on Day 2

Record-shattering Mirabai Chanu bags India's first gold at Birmingham Commonwealth Games