Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal in the women s 49kg weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympics (PTI Photo)
It may have been a day to forget for Indian athletes in Tokyo on Monday, but back home, memories were being made. Jubilant scenes played out at the Capital’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday as weightlifter Mirabai Chanu landed from Tokyo, the prized silver medal in the bag and her face behind a mask and face shield.
Between the smiles and the incessant waving to the crowd, airport staff and fellow travellers, the weightlifter and her team revealed the pain that accompanied her medal performance, of how abdominal cramps a night before the competition almost threw her equilibrium and preparation completely out of gear.
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