On seeing her mother, Mirabai Chanu cried clinging to her.
Seeing her mother in Imphal, Mirabai cried after clinging to her, Manipur CM arrived at the airport to receive her
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who won India a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, has returned home. He was accorded a warm welcome at the Imphal airport on Tuesday. During this, when Meera met her mother at the airport, she became emotional and her eyes became moist. Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh himself received Chanu at Imphal’s Tikendrajit International Airport. A large number of people and media persons were present at the airport to catch a glimpse of Chanu.
When Chanu left the airport in a car. During this, thousands of people stood by forming human chains to pay respect to their champions. After this she reached the City Convention Center, where she was honored by Chief Minister Biren Singh by giving Rs 1 crore. Along with this, he was also given an appointment letter as Additional SP in Manipur. Apart from this, the YAS department honored him with Rs 10 lakh and the education department by giving him Rs 3 lakh.
The Manipur government has also decided to set up a world level weightlifting academy in the state soon. Along with this, it has also been decided to promote judo athlete Sushila Devi, who went to participate in the Olympics from Manipur. He will be made sub-inspector from constable. Along with this, 25 lakh rupees will also be awarded.
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won India a medal on the first day of the Tokyo Olympics. He won a medal in weightlifting for India in the Olympics after 21 years. Earlier, Karnam Malleswari had won a medal in this sport in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Mira won the silver medal in the 49 kg category by lifting a total of 202 kg (87 kg + 115 kg).
Mirabai also thanked Domino’s by posting a post along with it. Domino’s has offered Mira a lifetime free pizza. Actually Mira had expressed her desire to eat pizza after winning the silver medal. Reacting to this, Domino’s wrote in a social media post – You said and we listened. We don’t want Mirabai Chanu to wait to eat again. That’s why we will give them free pizza for life.
