Mirabai Chanu praises a young girl who mimics her as she won Silver medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020!

On Saturday, Mirabai Chanu won silver in the women's 49kg event, becoming India's first medalist in the Tokyo Olympics. After Karnam Malleswari, she is only the second Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic medal.

Since his spectacular win on Saturday, praise, awards, and recognition have flooded in for the 26-year-old Manipur native. Thousands of tweets praising Mirabai Chanu on her Olympic victory and hailing her as an inspiration have surfaced on social media, but one in particular has attracted Mirabai Chanu's attention.

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On Monday, weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam took to Twitter to share a video of a young girl lifting, which he claimed was inspired by Mirabai. A video of Mirabai competing in the Olympics plays in the background as the young one lifts a set of weights. From applying powder on her hands before trying the lift to waving afterward, the girl imitates Mirabai.

Mirabai Chanu praised the video, describing it "cute."

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Chanu was honored at the national capital at an event held by the sports ministry. Chanu was given pizza because she had indicated an interest in eating it after the Games.

She was seen eating the cheesy treat beside Union Minister Kiren Rijiju.

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Dominos India had already made a special announcement to Chanu, offering him a lifetime of free pizza. Even before Chanu returned home, the company kept their word, and Dominos' Imphal team delivered pizzas to her family.

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Chanu, the world record holder won Silver Medal as she lifted 110 and 115 kg in the first two attempts.

Junior @mirabai_chanu this s called the inspiration pic.twitter.com/GKZjQLHhtQ

— sathish sivalingam weightlifter (@imsathisholy) July 26, 2021