Mirabai Chanu won her third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women’s 48kg event in Glasgow on Sunday, setting new Commonwealth and Commonwealth Games records despite revealing she had not eaten or drunk water for days to make 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. He broke the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Games records in the snatch and also set new Commonwealth Games records in the clean and​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​a​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​a- On date, on- off.After receiving her medal, Mirabai stood on top of the podium as the national anthem played, with tears in her eyes. She also wore tricolor ribbons in her hair.
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“Jaldi jaldi karo, maine kuch khaaya nahi hai 2 din se (please do this quickly I have not eaten in 2 days),” Mirabai told reporters.The Tokyo Olympics silver medalist later became emotional as she spoke about the support she has received from her mother and coach Vijay Sharma.“They supported me through thick and thin.“I was under a lot of pressure from family and friends, so happy to win the third gold for India,” he said after the win.“I’m not going to put too much effort into these Games, but I failed my first attempt. The coach and I thought I’d do two lifts each.”Nigeria’s Ruth Asuquo Nyong finished second with a total lift of 168kg, 22kg behind Mirabai.Mirabai entered the competition after the rest of the field had completed their opening attempts. He missed his first snatch lift at 82kg but succeeded with the same weight on his second attempt before breaking the Commonwealth record.She also failed her opening clean and jerk attempt at 105kg, but successfully lifted the same weight on her second attempt. The lift secured the gold medal and set new Commonwealth Games records in clean and total.With the title already sealed, Mirabai skipped her third clean attempt to avoid unnecessary tension ahead of the Asian Games, which are less than two months away.“The management of my weight is very difficult. For every athlete, the control of body weight takes an immense struggle. When I compete in the category of 48 kg, it is difficult because I have little space to lose more.“To make weight this time, I had to stop everything. I couldn’t eat food and I didn’t drink water for three days.”“50.5 kg is my natural weight so for 49 kg, a cut 1.5 kg, but for 48 kg it becomes more which is really hard,” he said.
