"On 3rd Day Of My Period, Had Weakness": Mirabai Chanu On 4th Place Finish In Paris Olympics

Another heartbreak unfolded for India at the Paris Olympic Games as weightlifter Mirabai Chanu missed out on a medal by a narrow margin of 1 kilogram. After finishing fourth in the women's 49kg weightlifting event at the Paris Games, Mirabai expressed her disappointment but vowed to work harder for future competitions. Chanu narrowly missed out on a medal, securing fourth place with a combined total of 199kg.  Speaking to media after her 4th-place finish, Chanu said that she couldn't deliver a performance true to her potential as she was on the third day of her period and wasn't at 100%.

"I am happy with the performance because I managed this despite having very little time for recovery," Mirabai told reporters. "I was managing 85 in practice and I did it in the competition too. I was confident about clean and jerk also. It was my third day of the period and that also affects you a bit, had weakness," she said.

"It was going good, whatever the coach said I did. It is just destiny that I did not get medal, I did my best," she said, still keeping a smile on her face.

For India and Chanu, it was another fourth-place finish in Paris after narrowly missing out on a medal with a combined total of 199kg.

She shared her sentiments in a video posted by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), saying, "I tried my best to win a medal for the country but I missed it today...It is a part of the game, we all sometimes win and sometimes lose...Next time I will work harder to win a medal for the country...I will try my best and will deliver my best performance in the next game."

The first was the snatch event, where a weightlifter has to pick up the barbell and lift it above their head in one singular motion.

The second was the