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Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025
Sunil Gupta, Senior Director, brand adidas says weightlifter and Olympic medalist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu's success inspires young girls to believe in their dreams.
Chanu said that after failing to log a single legitimate lift at the 2016 Rio Games, winning the Olympic medal was a 'dream come true'.
The minister said she has inspired billions around the world with her talent, handwork and grit.
Chanu walked out of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, flanked by security and clad in a face shield and mask.
Her silver is only the second Indian weightlifting medal since Karnam Malleswari's bronze at Sydney 2000.
The Olympic silver medallist had expressed her wish to eat pizza after her feat at the Tokyo Games.
The story of Mirabai Chanu, the country's first medal winner in Tokyo Olympics, is one that should provide inspiration and motivation to aspiring athletes.
Chanu earned glory at Tokyo overcoming an injury, which had deprived her of a medal at the Rio Olympics of 2016.
Chanu won India's first medal in Tokyo and became the second weightlifter from the country to clinch an Olympic medal.
Chanu ended India's 21-year wait for a weightlifting medal.
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