essay on Mirabai chanu. please
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The 26-year-old Manipuri athlete's entry into the world of weightlifting was accidental. When she was 12 years old, Mirabai wanted to enroll in archery but the enclosure was closed, so she peeked into the weightlifting hall at Khuman Lampak Stadium and was smitten. For the next four years, Mirabai would travel 20-odd kms daily between her home in the village of Nongpok Kakching to Imphal for her classes
She won her first significant medal just one year after training — a gold at the Youth Championships in Chhattisgarh in 2009. Within five years, she was lifting a combined weight of 170 kg, enough to win her a silver at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014. She started working with her current coach Vijay Sharma that year, and by 2016 was lifting a total of 192 kg, breaking Kunjarani Devi’s 12-year-old record of 190 kg.
Mirabai Chanu won India’s first gold medal in the Commonwealth Games