‘I couldn’t eat or drink for three days’: Mirabai Chanu’s sacrifice behind CWG gold | Commonwealth Games News

mirabaichanu She won her third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women’s 48kg weightlifting competition in Glasgow on Sunday, setting a new Commonwealth and Commonwealth Games record, despite revealing she had gone several days without eating or drinking to lose weight.The 31-year-old from Manipur lifted 85 kg in the snatch and 105 kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 190 kg. She broke the Commonwealth and Commonwealth Games records in the snatch and set new Commonwealth Games records in the clean and jerk and total lift.After receiving his medal, Mirabai stood on the podium and played the national anthem with tears in his eyes. She also had a tricolor ribbon in her hair.

“Jaldi jaldi karo, maine kuch khaaya nahi hai 2 din se (Please do it quickly, I haven’t eaten for two days),” Mirabhai told reporters.The Tokyo Olympics silver medalist later became emotional as she spoke of the support she received from her mother and coach Vijay Sharma.“They supported me no matter what difficulties I faced.“I was under a lot of pressure from my family and friends and I am happy to win a third gold medal for India,” she said after her win.“I don’t put a lot of effort into these meets, but I failed on my first try. Coach and I thought I would do two lifts each.”Nigeria’s Ruth Asuquo Nyong finished second with a total of 168 kg, 22 kg behind Mirabai.Mirabai entered the game after the other players had completed their opening attempts. She failed in her first snatch attempt of 82kg but succeeded in her second attempt with the same weight and subsequently broke the Commonwealth record.She also failed on her first clean and jerk attempt at 105kg, but successfully lifted the same weight on her second attempt. The weightlifting event won gold and set new Commonwealth Games records in the clean and jerk and total times.With the title already sealed, Mirabhai abandoned her third clean and jerk attempt to avoid causing unnecessary pressure before the Asian Games are less than two months away.“Controlling weight is very difficult. For any athlete, controlling weight requires a huge effort. When I competed in the 48kg category, it was difficult because I had little room to lose any more.“In order to lose weight this time, I had to stop everything. I couldn’t eat or drink water for three days.”“50.5kg is my natural weight, so for 49kg it’s 1.5kg, but for 48kg it’s going to be more, which is really tough,” she said.