Manipur Weightlifting Assn greets Mirabai
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 07 2022:
Manipur Weightlifting Association has extended its heartfelt congratulations to Tokyo Games silver medalist Saikhom Mirabai on winning silver medal at the Senior World Weightlifting Championship held at Bagota, Colombia yesterday.
She lifted 87 kg in snatch and 113 kg in clean and jerk despite wrist injury to settle for the silver medal at World Championship and made the State and the Nation proud again, said the association in a congratulatory note.
The association further urged Chief Minister N Biren Singh to consider promoting Padma Shree lifter Mirabai from her present post of Additional SP to a higher post in the interest of sports enthusiasts.