Saikhom Mirabai Chanu became the first Indian weightlifter to win silver medal in Olympics on Saturday. The 26-year-old weightlifter won silver in the Women’s 49kg category, opening India’s tally at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
” 𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗨! Absolutely amazing display of weightlifting. The way you have transformed yourself after your injury and clinched a historic silver for #TeamIndia is absolutely stupendous. You have made India very proud,” tweeted batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.
𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗨!🥈👏🏻 🏋🏻♀️
Absolutely amazing display of weightlifting.
The way you have transformed yourself after your inj꧋ury and clinched a historic silver for is absol♛utely stupendous.
You have made 🇮🇳 very proud.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
“Ghazab. Bhartiya Naari Sab par Bhaari.#MirabaiChanu, remember the name. Thank you for making us all proud
@mirabai_chanu, and winning us a Silver at the Olympics. Many more to come,” wrote former India opener Virender Sehwag.
Ghazab.
Bhartiya Naari Sab par Bhaari. , remember the name.
Thank you for making us all proud , 🧸and winning us a Silver at the Olymp🍌ics. Many more to come.— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
The news has gone viral on social media, with thousands of congratulatory messages pouring in for Mirabaiꦐ Cha♚nu. Her name along with #CongratulationsIndia is trending on Twitter, as delighted fans are wishing Chanu on her record feat.
Here are some of the other posts:
Great start to the Olympics! Congratulations on the ♔silver 👏🏻
— Ajinkya Rahane (@ajinkyarahane88)
Congratulations to 👏 Our country’s first medal at the �⛦� Take a bow 🇮🇳👏
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25)
Saik☂hom Mirabai chanu well done 👏👏👏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 💪�𓆏�
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
1.3 billion Indians proud of ! जय हिंद 🇮🇳
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir)
Congratulations on making us proud and bringing us glory.
Our first medal at the , a 🥈 in the Women's 49kg weightlifting . Super Proud— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Congratulations for winning Indi♛a 🇮🇳 its first medal of .
— Siddharthh Kaul (@iamsidkaul)
Congratulations champion for silver medal.
— Navdeep Saini (@navdeepsaini96)
Take a bow 👏👏
Congratulations !! 🇮🇳— K L Rahul (@klrahul)
And our campaign in the begins in style . A 🍰for the whole country . Congratulations on winning the silver medal .
— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03)
First of many… many congratula🏅tion✅s…India India India..
— parthiv patel (@parthiv9)
The efforts our Olympic athletes take for years to be on th🐈at podium is mind blowing. Wo꧃nderful accomplishment by 👏👏👏
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99)
The first one is here!
Congratulations for winning a silver medal 🥈 in weightlifting for India.
Proud moment!— DK (@DineshKarthik)
Congratulations on bringing home the S🐎ilver meda🐟l. Proud of you! 🙌🏾
— Jhulan Goswami (@JhulanG10)
Congratula✨tions for winning silver, proud moment for all of♐ us 🇮🇳
— Khaleel Ahmed 🇮🇳 (@imK_Ahmed13)
Mirabai Chanu wins in ! Stuff of legend👏🏽
— Shikha Pandey (@shikhashauny)
Well done 👏👏
— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074)
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What a gurudakshina by
Only the second Indian🔯 woman to win an Olympic silver. Congratulations and so proud of you.— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
