Chanu walked out of the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport, flanked by safety and clad in a face protect and masks.
“Pleased to be again right here in amidst a lot love and assist. Thank You a lot,” she tweeted after touchdown.
Pleased to be again right here in amidst a lot love and assist. Thank You a lot 🇮🇳 https://t.co/ttjGkkxlDu
— Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (@mirabai_chanu) 1627298453000
The 26-year-old was greeted with chants of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and felicitated by officers of the Sports activities Authority of India amongst others.
The diminutive Manipuri lifted a complete of 202kg (87kg+115kg) within the 49kg class to higher Karnam Malleswari’s bronze within the 2000 Sydney Olympics on Saturday.
With that efficiency, she exorcised the ghosts of the 2016 Video games the place she had did not log a single reliable carry, leaving her shattered.
#WATCH | Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu receives a heat welcome because the workers on the Delhi airport cheered f… https://t.co/86CAQ226k7
— ANI (@ANI) 1627297945000
Chanu has additionally been a former world champion and a Commonwealth Video games gold-medallist.
She was coaching within the USA earlier than the Video games and lived upto the medal expectations from her with a assured efficiency.