Mirabai Chanu became 'BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year' for the second time in a row

Mirabai Chanu became 'BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year' for the second time in a row

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Category : Sports Published on: March 07 2023

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Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has won the 2022 ‘BBC Indian Sportswoman Of The Year award’ after a public vote.
The former captain of the Indian women’s hockey team Pritam Siwach was conferred with the BBC Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to Indian sports and inspiring generations of players.
Chanu becomes the first athlete to win the award twice in a row after winning for the year 2021.
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics she became the first Indian to win a silver medal in weightlifting and in 2022 secured gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. She won a silver medal at the World Weightlifting Championships 2022.
The other shortlisted contenders for BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year were wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, boxer Nikhat Zareen, and badminton player PV Sindhu.
BBC Para Sportswoman of the Year, a category introduced for the first time went to Bhavina Patel.

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