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Birmingham, July 31 (IANS): Though she is called Mirabai Chanu 2.0 by people from her native state Manipur, Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam doesn’t idolise the celebrated Tokyo Olympic Games silver medallist. Instead, Bindyarani’s idol is the legendary Kunjarani Devi, a pioneer of Indian women’s weightlifting and one of the first woman lifters from the country to win medals at international level. “Though we come from the same state and from nearby towns around Imphal, I have no relationship with Mirabai Chanu. I did not follow her into weightlifting. I was inspired by Kunj...

Birmingham, July 31 (IANS): Bindyarani Devi won India a fourth medal on a successful day at the Commonwealth Games weightlifting arena in Birmingham, bagging a silver medal in the Women’s 55 kg weight class. The 22-year-old from Manipur lifted a total weight of 202 kg with a superb attempt of 116 kg in her final turn in clean and jerk to leapfrog England’s Fraer Morrow (198) and finished just 1kg adrift of Nigeria’s Adijat Adenike Dlarindye, who ended with a total of 203 kg, a Games record. Bindyarani, who managed a best effort of 86 kg in the snatch category, placing behind ...

Our Correspondent Imphal, July 31 (EMN): Manipur burst into celebration as Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and taekwondo player turned weightlifter Sorokhaibam Bindyarani Devi clinched the first gold medal and silver medal respectively, for India at Birmingham Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022. Villagers of Nongpok Kakching, native place of Mirabai Chanu in Imphal East district and Langol Ningthou Leikai, Bindyarani Devi’s village in the outskirts of Imphal, who were glued to the television sets on Saturday late night, burst into joy when the medals for Mirabai and Bindyarani...

Bindyarani Devi won India's fourth medal at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, all of them in weightlifting.

The athletes and groups listed below have a chance of doing the country proud might win gold medals in Commonwealth Game