Indian women athletes have so far brought home five gold medals at this year\u2019s Commonwealth Games. And while the country is joyously celebrating the stupendous performance of the women athletes, Bollywood celebrities have also followed course. Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan expressed on Twitter how the CWG women athletes are making us proud in every sport, be it weightlifting, shooting or table tennis among others.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 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 \u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n
Amitabh has been an ambassador for United Nation\u2019s girl child mission and has even actively promoted the \u2018Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao\u2019 campaign. The actor has also shown his support for women empowerment on numerous occasions. Other celebrities including Anil Kapoor, Neha Dhupia and Suniel Shetty had also poured their best wishes on Twitter earlier.<\/p>\n
While Anil Kapoor had tweeted, \u201cCongratulations #MirabaiChanu on the Gold!! The whole nation is proud of you! #CWG18 #GC2018Weightlifting,\u201d Neha Dhupia had written, \u201c\u2026. and we have a gold ! #MirabaiChanu #GC2018.\u201d<\/p>\n
Three of the five medals have come from weightlifting. On April 5, Mirabai Chanu kicked off India\u2019s victorious run by winning the women\u2019s 48 kg title. Fellow Manipuri lifter Sanjita Chanu also emerged champion in the women\u2019s 53 kg on Friday while Punam Yadav won the 69 kg division on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Haryana shooter Manu Bhaker took India\u2019s medals tally to greater heights by setting a new Commonwealth Games record on her way to the Women\u2019s 10m Air Pistol title. Heena Sidhu took silver in that event as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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