Olympics: Mirabai Chanu learns about significance of flowers introduced to Tokyo 2020 medal winners

India Today’s Rahul Rawat caught up with Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu and defined to her the importance of the flowers within the victory bouquet that she obtained after ending second in girls’s weightlifting on Saturday. Mirabai Chanu is the primary Indian to win a medal within the Tokyo Olympics (Mirabai Chanu Twitter Photo)HIGHLIGHTSSaikhom Mirabai Chanu received the silver medal on Day 1 of the Tokyo OlympicsEvery medal winner at Tokyo 2020 additionally will get a ‘victory bouquet’ and Olympic mascot MiraitowaThe flowers within the ‘victory bouquet’ have been grown in areas affected by Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011Saikhom Mirabai Chanu realised her dream of profitable an Olympic medal on Saturday when she bagged a historic silver within the girls’s weightlifting occasion at Tokyo 2020.

Mirabai Chanu grew to become the primary athlete from the nation to win a medal on this version and the first-ever Indian to bag a medal on the opening day of the Olympics after narrowly lacking out on the gold to China’s Zhihui Hou.India Today’s Rahul Rawat caught up with the 26-year-old from Imphal simply hours after her excellent efficiency however Mirabai was in for a shock after we knowledgeable her concerning the significance of the flowers given to Tokyo 2020 medal winners.INDIA @ TOKYO 2020: Full Coverage | International UpdatesEach athlete/crew on the rostrum will probably be introduced with a ‘victory bouquet’ and the Olympic mascot Miraitowa. But Mirabai had no clue that flowers contained in the ‘victory bouquet’ have been grown in areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.The flowers within the bouquet embody eustomas and Solomon’s seals from Fukushima, sunflowers from Miyagi, gentians from Iwate, and aspidistras from Tokyo.”These three flowers were specially chosen for the special meaning they represent to the disaster-affected areas, but special attention is also given to the arrangement of the flowers as well as their lasting effect.”The Nippon Flower Council say the flowers will keep contemporary and delightful for a number of days, even when they’re stored in a room with out air-conditioning,” states the Tokyo Olympics website.Mirabai Chanu thus, completed the women’s hat-trick for India at the Olympics by becoming the third female athlete in a row from the country to win a medal at the Summer Games. PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik were the only two medal winners for India at the Rio Olympics in 2016.”Finally it has occurred, I obtained the silver medal… 5 years of laborious work has bore fruit. I’m very blissful, I haven’t got phrases. I need to say thanks to all my supporters – coach, household, weightlifting federation of India,” Mirabai instructed India Today.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.