Mirabai Chanu’s silver medal on Day 1 of the Tokyo Olympics gave India its perfect start and netizens are coming up with creative ways to congratulate the Olympics medalist winners.
The 26-year-old on Saturday bagged the silver for the country after she lifted 202kg (87kg+115kg) in the 49kg category to better Karnam Malleswari’s bronze in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The medal comes as a great achievement to Mirabai, who had failed to log a single legitimate lift in Rio 2016 Olympics.
As Mirabai’s win triggered a plethora of reactions online, Amul dedicated a special topical to mark her accomplishment. ‘Worth her weight in Silver,” read the tag line on the feature shared by the official Twitter account of the dairy giant. The image showed a caricature of Mirabai wearing her silver medal with butter smeared on her fingers.
#Amul Topical: Weightlifter wins India her first medal in Tokyo Olympics for women’s 49kg category! pic.twitter.com/VIfJSykcTf
— Amul.coop (@Amul_Coop) July 24, 2021
Business tycoon Anand Mahindra also tweeted a creative that merged the image of Lord Krishna’s devotee ‘Mirabai’ with that of the weightlifter. “Creativity at its best…” tweeted Mahindra as he posted the image that featured a lady in a saree holding a barbell.
Creativity at its best… pic.twitter.com/hNSTH6c3MZ
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) July 24, 2021
Here, take a look at how netizens reacted to the interesting creatives dedicated to Mirabai after her win.
— Raj Tiwari (@RajTiwari1612) July 24, 2021
Meera Bai chanu has produced proud moment for our nation sir! Love her performance pic.twitter.com/FcrxjdKkk0
— sanjay dwivedi (@sdwivedi777) July 25, 2021
Hoping for more medals and to see more such creativities. #OlympicGames
— vishal (@vishalness) July 24, 2021
Sir.. do you know who is the artist??
— Dinesh Khanchandani (@DDK1968) July 25, 2021
— Santa 🎅🏻 (@Satku_Santa) July 24, 2021
Beautiful !!! I am sure her namesake is immensely proud of her too !!
— Shivani wadehra (@shivani2408) July 24, 2021