CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Star Indian lifter Mirabai Chanu qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the 55kg weight category on Friday by clinching the gold in the Singapore Weightlifting International in Singapore.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Tokyo 2020 silver medallist dominated the 49kg women’s division to successfully defend her CWG title at Birmingham 2022. Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu won the gold medal in the women’s 49kg at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham to continue India’s medal rush in weightlifting on Saturday.

Detailed explanation-3: -National Games 2022: Mirabai Chanu lifts gold in 49kg weightlifting. Representing Manipur, Mirabai Chanu completed a total lift of 191 kgs to take home the gold medal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Olympic medalist and ace weightlifter Mirabai Chanu wins India’s first Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in the Women’s 49Kg weightlifting category. She aggregated a total of 201kg (88kg 113kg) to stamp her authority in the competition and achieve a Commonwealth Games record in the process.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mirabai Chanu, Olympic silver-medallist and two-time Commonwealth Games champion, has won a gold medal in the women’s 49kg weightlifting competition in the ongoing National Games 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Friday.