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How Mirabai Chanu went from nearly quitting weightlifting to an Olympic silver in Tokyo
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In India, when athletes choose their discipline, there’s very little scientific process involved. In the case of Mirabai Chanu, silver medallist in women’s 49 kg weightlifting at Tokyo Olympics, it was no different.The youngest of six siblings living in Nongpok Kakching, a village 45 km south of Manipur’s capital Imphal, Mirabai displayed great strength as a kid. While picking firewood with her siblings, she used to lift a lot more than what her elder brother could. She didn’t know about weightlifting at the time, but her mother saw the talent.Mirabai wanted to be an archer but when she read about Kunjarani Devi, another iconic weightlifter from Manipur, the thought of being a weightlifter f

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