Power girl of Manipur Mirabai Chanu brought glory to the nation after winning a silver medal for India in the women’s 49kg weightlifting category at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Mirabai Chanu meets Sachin Tendulkar
On 11th August Tokyo Olympics Silver Medalist- Saikhom Mirabai Chanu met Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar in Mumbai where the legendary cricketer congratulated her for her incredible performance at Olympics.
The Indian Weightlifter took to social media after the meeting saying that his words of wisdom and motivation will always stay with her. She said, “loved meeting Sachin sir this morning! His words of wisdom and motivation shall always stay with me. Inspired.”
Earlier Sachin Tendulkar has reacted to the viral video of a little girl imitating Mirabai Chanu’s winning moment at Tokyo Olympics 2020. The little girl can be seen recreating Chanu’s famous lift in Tokyo and earned India its first medal on the opening day of the Tokyo Olympic 2020.