Mirabai Chanu won India’s first gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham
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27-year-old Mirabai Chanu won India&rsquo;s first gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in the women&#39;s 49 kg category final on Saturday with a final lift of 109 kg that put her way ahead of her rivals.</p>
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Take a bow &#128583;&zwj;&#9794;&#65039; <a href="https://twitter.com/mirabai_chanu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mirabai_chanu</a> !!<br />
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1st gold&#129351;medal for India &#127470;&#127475; in CWG 2022<br />
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What an incredible performance !!!<br />
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When ur your only competition as fight for silver medal &#129352;was intense!<br />
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Next stop Olympics 2024 Gold&#129351;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MirabaiChanu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MirabaiChanu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWG2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CWG2022</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CommonwealthGames22?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CommonwealthGames22</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/weightlifting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#weightlifting</a> <a href="https://t.co/MTEEfziBnx">pic.twitter.com/MTEEfziBnx</a></p>
&mdash; Soug (@sbg1936) <a href="https://twitter.com/sbg1936/status/1553422232294002690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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This is the second time she has clinched the gold after having won at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.</p>
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The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist appeared to be quite confident as the video clip&nbsp; shows her making the final clean and jerk lift of 109 kg without a fuss.&nbsp;</p>
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