CWG 2018: Amitabh Bachchan hails Indian women athletes
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Amitabh Bachchan is overjoyed with the phenomenal performance of the Indian women athletes at the ongoing Commonwealth Games. The megastar took to the micro-blogging website Twitter to express his happiness. "The greatness of Sport and the Pride we have in our Women athletes that are doing WONDERS DOWN UNDER," he wrote. So far, the women athletes have bagged four gold medals.
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Check out Big B's tweet here
T 2768 - The greatness of Sport and the Pride we have in our Women athletes that are doing WONDERS DOWN UNDER ! Weight Lifting, Shooting, Table Tennis, Squash .. INCREDIBLE .. you make us proud Indians 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/2eIeJazMDy
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 8, 2018
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Indian women have emerged champions in weightlifting
Out of the four gold medals that India have won, three have come from weightlifting. It was Mirabai Chanu who brought home the first one by winning the women's 48 kg title. Then, Sanjita Chanu and Punam Yadav followed suit as they emerged victorious in the women's 53 kg and 69 kg divisions respectively. Haryana shooter Manu Bhaker bagged the fourth gold.
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Anil Kapoor congratulated Chanu as well
Congratulations #MirabaiChanu on the Gold!! The whole nation is proud of you! #CWG18 #GC2018Weightlifting pic.twitter.com/L50MNIoJtK
— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) April 5, 2018