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.

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. As soon as Chanu won the gold medal, congratulatory messages started to pour in on Twitter. 

Congratulations Mirabai Chanu for winning first Gold Medal for India at Commonwealth Games 2022. #CommonwealthGames2022 #CWG2022India #weightlifting pic.twitter.com/BiQUlcOZkG

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Superd..First Gold #CWG2022 @mirabai_chanu pic.twitter.com/dsw79EbNus

Mirabai Chanu Sanket Sargar P Gururaja Our weightlifters have performed exceptionally well to give us our first 3 medals at the #CommonwealthGames2022. We are proud of you and hopefully many more medals to come!