Tokyo Olympics: I’m going to Manipur to spend time with my mom, says silver medallist Mirabai Chanu

Mirabai Chanu, who gave India their first medal on the Tokyo Games, is keen to satisfy her mom. The weightlifter will journey to Manipur on Tuesday.

“I can’t wait to see my mother. I will be travelling to Manipur tomorrow and will spend quality time with my mother,” Mirabai Chanu advised Sports Tak in an unique interview.“I will take a break from weightlifting for a time being. I will start training after a few weeks,” she added.The Manipuri athlete landed on the New Delhi Airport on Monday and was obtained by a rousing reception with chants of “Bharat Mata ki Jai” amongst others.When requested was there any type of strain on her, the 27-year-old replied: “Pressure was there as I was carrying the entire nation’s hope. Everyone was expecting me to win a medal. There was a bit of nervousness also.”Mirabai Chanu’s magical journeyChanu opened the nation’s account with a silver within the girls’s 49 kg class on the Tokyo Games, lastly exorcising the ghosts of her disastrous outing within the Rio Games 5 years in the past.As the celebrations began at house, Mirabai’s brother Biont Meetei walked down reminiscence lane to recall how she would choose up wooden from the jungle and confirmed her energy whilst a small little one.“Mirabai eats a lot of vegetables. She loves drinking juices. She would go to the jungle to pluck fruits and pick wood. She has always been a strong girl. She would go to the jungle to pick wood which we needed to cook food,” mentioned Mirabai’s brother, Biont Meetei advised indiatoday.in.”After she grew up, she would come back and ask us to come pick wood. If anyone else could not lift a lot of heavy wood, Mirabai would pick it. And the others would say: okay, you are a weightlifter now, pick up our wood also,” he added.’Hopefully, this medal will encourage the subsequent technology’Mirabai lifted a complete of 202kg (87kg+115kg) to higher Karnam Malleswari’s bronze within the 2000 Sydney Olympics.Mirabai Chanu turned the primary Indian athlete to win a medal on the primary day of the Olympics and is just the second after Karnam Malleswari to clinch a medal in weightlifting in over 20 years.Mirabai needs that her medal will have the ability to encourage the subsequent technology of athletes in India.“I have taken motivation from the former weightlifters of India, and hopefully I will be able to inspire the next generation,” mentioned Mirabai.“I would love to see more girls taking up weightlifting as a sport in the coming time,” mentioned Mairabai.