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Star Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu's Birthday Celebration Post Goes Viral. See Pics

Mirabai Chanu gave India a great start at the Commonwealth Games 2022 by winning the country's first gold medal in the mega event. Chanu lifted a total of 201 kg to win the yellow metal in women's 49kg weightlifting event. Chanu, who had won the gold medal at the 2018 CWG in Gold Coast in Australia, was miles ahead of the competition as she picked up 88kg in snatch and 113 kg in clean and jerk. Due to her excellent performance in the snatch round, which saw her set the new Commonwealth record, Mirabai needed to just complete her first attempt in the clean and jerk round and she did it with aplomb, lifting 105kg.

Commonwealth Games: Weightlighter Jodey Hughes 'won't let one bad performance bring her down'

Weightlifter Jodey Hughes is at a loss to explain her Commonwealth Games nightmare as she opened up on the agony of failing to register a lift at the event in Birmingham.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Full List Of Indian Medal Winners

The Commonwealth Games 2022 came to an end with a lavish closing ceremony on Monday. With more than 4,500 athletes competing from 72 countries over the past 11 days, India finished with 61 medals, consisting of 22 gold, 16 silver, and 23 bronze. Thanks to the heroics of badminton stars like Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy that India could add three more gold medals. The fourth gold of the day came through 40-year-old Achanta Sharath Kamal who won the men's singles table tennis event.

I had kept his trophies safely wrapped in half-torn saree: CWG weightlifting gold medalist Achinta Sheuli's mother

On Monday morning she arranged them on a small stool when Achinta Sheuli returned home after bagging gold in the 73kg weightlifting event at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. A seemingly happy Purnima Sheuli has requested her younger son to purchase a cupboard to showcase the medals and trophies he has won so far. "I knew that reporters and photographers would be coming to our house when Achinta came back.

Star Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu's Birthday Celebration Post Goes Viral. See Pics

Mirabai Chanu gave India a great start at the Commonwealth Games 2022 by winning the country's first gold medal in the mega event. Chanu lifted a total of 201 kg to win the yellow metal in women's 49kg weightlifting event. Chanu, who had won the gold medal at the 2018 CWG in Gold Coast in Australia, was miles ahead of the competition as she picked up 88kg in snatch and 113 kg in clean and jerk. Due to her excellent performance in the snatch round, which saw her set the new Commonwealth record, Mirabai needed to just complete her first attempt in the clean and jerk round and she did it with aplomb, lifting 105kg.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Full List Of Indian Medal Winners

The Commonwealth Games 2022 came to an end with a lavish closing ceremony on Monday. With more than 4,500 athletes competing from 72 countries over the past 11 days, India finished with 61 medals, consisting of 22 gold, 16 silver, and 23 bronze. Thanks to the heroics of badminton stars like Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy that India could add three more gold medals. The fourth gold of the day came through 40-year-old Achanta Sharath Kamal who won the men's singles table tennis event.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Sable Soars, Paul Leaps, Sharath Sizzles To Script India's Success Story

Slipping out of the usual top-five was seen as a real possibility in absence of shooting but phenomenal success in athletics and lawn bowls propelled India to a commendable fourth place finish at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games. About 25 percent of India's 66 medals came from the shooting range in the previous edition and not many believed that India will be able to touch even 50 but the country ended up with 61, courtesy unprecedented success in track and field events that delivered eight medals, the highest for India in a CWG edition overseas.

CWG 2022: Full list of Indian medal winners

Commonwealth Games drew to a close on Monday after 12 days of relentless, non-stop sporting action. Team India finished fourth on the medals tally, behind Australia (178 medals), England (176 medals) and Canada (92 medals).

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Star Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu's Birthday Celebration Post Goes Viral. See Pics

Commonwealth Games: Weightlighter Jodey Hughes 'won't let one bad performance bring her down'

Commonwealth Games 2022: Full List Of Indian Medal Winners

I had kept his trophies safely wrapped in half-torn saree: CWG weightlifting gold medalist Achinta Sheuli's mother

Star Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu's Birthday Celebration Post Goes Viral. See Pics

Commonwealth Games 2022: Full List Of Indian Medal Winners

Commonwealth Games 2022: Sable Soars, Paul Leaps, Sharath Sizzles To Script India's Success Story

CWG 2022: Full list of Indian medal winners