‘I couldn’t eat or drink for three days’: Mirabai Chanu’s sacrifice behind CWG gold | Commonwealth Games News

In Mirabai Chan won her third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women’s 48kg weightlifting event in Glasgow on Sunday, setting new Commonwealth and Commonwealth Games records despite revealing she had not eaten or drunk water for days to gain weight.The 31-year-old from Manipur lifted 85kg in the snatch and 105kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 190kg. He broke the Commonwealth and Commonwealth Games records in the snatch and also set new Commonwealth Games records in the clean and jerk and total lift.After receiving her medal, Mirabai stood on top of the podium as the national anthem played, with tears in her eyes. He also wears tricolor ribbons in his hair.

“Jaldi jaldi karo, maine kuch khaaya nahi hai 2 din se (please do it quickly I haven’t eaten in 2 days),” Mirabai told reporters.The Tokyo Olympics silver medalist later became emotional while talking about the support she has received from her mother and coach Vijay Sharma.“They support me in any difficulty.“I am under a lot of pressure from family and friends, very happy to have won the third gold for India,” he said after the win.“I don’t put much effort into these Games but I failed on my first attempt. Coach and I thought I would 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 trials. He missed his first snatch lift at 82kg but succeeded at the same weight on his second attempt before breaking the Commonwealth record.He also failed in his opening clean and jerk attempt at 105kg but successfully lifted the same weight in his second attempt. The lift took the gold medal and set new Commonwealth Games records in the clean and jerk and total.With the title sealed, Mirabai skipped her third clean and jerk attempt to avoid unnecessary strain ahead of the Asian Games, which are less than two months away.“Managing my weight is very difficult. For any athlete, controlling body weight takes a lot of struggle. If I compete in the 48 kg category, it will be difficult because I have almost no room to lose.“To gain weight this time, I had to stop everything. I couldn’t eat and didn’t drink water for three days.”“50.5kg is my natural weight so for 49kg, a cut 1.5kg, but for 48kg it will be more which is really difficult,” he said.