Tokyo Olympic Games silver medalist and weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu from Manipur has won the 4th edition of the 2022 ‘BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award’ (ISWOTY).

Awards

Tokyo Olympic Games silver medalist and weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu from Manipur has won the 4th edition of the 2022 ‘BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award’ (ISWOTY). With this, She has become the first athlete to win the prestigious award twice in a row. Earlier, the weightlifter from Manipur’s Imphal East also won the 3rd edition of the BBC ISWOTY 2021. The other shortlisted contenders for the award were wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, boxer Nikhat Zairean, and badminton player PV Sindhu. Table tennis player Bhavina Patel bagged the ‘BBC Para Sportswoman of the Year’, a category introduced in this edition.


     

     

     

 

     


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