Commonwealth Games: Golden chance for the next generation to step out of Mirabai’s shadows
The five-day weightlifting competition of the Commonwealth Games beginning at the Scottish Event Campus here on Sunday is packed with world-class talent.The biggest international star is Canada’s Maude Charron in the women’s 63kg category. A two-time Olympic medallist and World Championships medallist, Charron is one of the most accomplished athletes in the field.Like India’s Mirabai Chanu, the 33-year-old is chasing a third consecutive gold medal at the Games. Only three men — Precious McKenzie, Louis Martin and David Morgan — have performed the feat.
- ▪The five-day weightlifting competition of the Commonwealth Games beginning at the Scottish Event Campus here on Sunday is packed with world-class talent.The biggest international star is Canada’s Maude Charron in the women’s 63kg category.
- ▪A two-time Olympic medallist and World Championships medallist, Charron is one of the most accomplished athletes in the field.Like India’s Mirabai Chanu, the 33-year-old is chasing a third consecutive gold medal at the Games.
- ▪Only three men — Precious McKenzie, Louis Martin and David Morgan — have performed the feat.
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The five-day weightlifting competition of the Commonwealth Games beginning at the Scottish Event Campus here on Sunday is packed with world-class talent.The biggest international star is Canada’s Maude Charron in the women’s 63kg category. A two-time Olympic medallist and World Championships medallist, Charron is one of the most accomplished athletes in the field.Like India’s Mirabai Chanu, the 33-year-old is chasing a third consecutive gold medal at the Games. Only three men — Precious McKenzie, Louis Martin and David Morgan — have performed the feat. No woman has achieved the distinction since women’s weightlifting was introduced in the 2002 edition. Before then, the sport was contested only by men.
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