World champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu made a mark on the first day of the 2018 Commonwealth Games by winning a gold medal in the women's 48 kg category.
Mirabai Chanu went on a record-smashing spree, claiming three of them in a power-packed performance, to secure India's first gold. In a remarkable performance, Chanu clinched a record, pulling off clean lifts in all her three attempts (80 kg, 84 kg, and 86 kg).
She then lifted more than double her body weight (103 kg, 107 kg and 110 kg) in three successful attempts.
She had won in the 2014 Glasgow CWG. Earlier, P Gururaja claimed a silver medal in the men's 56kg event to open India's medal account at the CWG 2018.
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