Mirabai Chanu makes history with hat-trick at Glasgow Commonwealth Games | Commonwealth Games News
There are gold medal performances and mirabaichanu Ways to do it. It looked like child’s play as the Tokyo Olympics silver medalist weightlifter completed a hat-trick of Commonwealth Games gold medals in Glasgow on Sunday. In the women’s 48kg clean and jerk competition, Mirabhai lifted 105kg in her first attempt, which was enough to win the gold medal. The battle-hardened Mirabai, 31, lifted a total of 190kg, showing she never faced a threat to the title, lifting 22kg more than Nigerian silver medalist Ruth Nyon (168kg). Malaysian Irene Henry (167kg) won the bronze medal. Also en route, she lifted 85kg in the snatch, setting a new Olympic record and a new Commonwealth record. “It was a good performance and went according to our plan. We knew 105kg would be enough for her in the clean and jerk, so she wasn’t put under too much pressure to lift more weight. Our focus was on doing well in the weightlifting competition. Asian Gamesso we want to ensure that she does not take more load than required,” Mirabai’s coach Vijay Sharma told TOI. “While Mirabai made it look easy, we did not take it lightly. I am delighted that Mira became the only weightlifter to win three golds and one silver at the Commonwealth Games,” the coach added. Earlier, another Manipur weightlifter Rishikanta Singh helped India add another silver medal to their tally. Rishikantha lifted 264kg in the men’s 60kg competition, tying the Commonwealth snatch record and finishing second. Rishikantha lifted 121kg in the snatch and successfully lifted 143kg in the clean and jerk on his first attempt. However, he failed to lift 148kg and 151kg in his next two attempts due to knee discomfort. Rishikanta led in the clean and jerk event, while Malaysia’s Bin Kasdan Mohamad Aniq also lifted 121kg in the snatch event. The Malaysian took the lead when he lifted 149kg for the first time in the clean and jerk, and then successfully lifted 152kg in the clean and jerk, setting his total score at an Olympic record of 273kg. “I came here for the gold medal. After the snatch, I was in the lead but something happened to my knee. I was able to clear the weight but couldn’t push because one thigh wasn’t working properly. I tried my best,” Rishkantha told PTI. Kenya’s Joshua Amunga Mboya won the bronze medal with a total lift of 260 kg (115 kg + 145 kg). In the swimming competition, the quartet of Dhakshan Shashikumar, Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda, Aryan Nehra and Srihari Nataraj finished third in the preliminaries with a time of 7 minutes and 39.48 seconds and advanced to the finals of the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay. India finished behind Australia (7:08.66) and England (7:18.13) in the second race. In lawn bowls, Rupa Rani Tirkey and Pinki Singh lost to Namibia, breaking their three-match winning streak in the women’s pairs event. Rupa and Pinki lost 0-3 in the tiebreaker to Amanda Steenkamp and Diana Viljoen. In the boxing match, Preity won the round of 16 women’s 54kg match after the referee stopped the match with her outstanding performance.
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