Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won a gold medal with a towering performance at the Commonwealth Games 2022. She had won a silver medal in the earlier edition of the Olympics. Mirabai lifted 201kg (88kg+113kg), an ocean away from the second-placed Marie Hanitra Roilya Ranaivosoa's 172kg (76kg+96kg). Mirabai had lifted 86kg in her first attempt to pull away from the field, and matched her personal best of 88kg in the second attempt.
In clean and jerk, she began by lifting 109kg and that successful attempt sealed her and India's first gold. She returned for a successful 113kg lift, but could not complete the 115kg in her final try.
