India, July 27 -- Mirabai Chanu returned to Glasgow 12 years after the city first introduced her to the Commonwealth Games and left with a medal of a different colour - and a career that now looks increasingly difficult to compare with anyone else in Indian weightlifting.

The 31-year-old won the women's 48kg gold on Sunday with a total of 190kg, lifting 85kg in the snatch and 105kg in the clean and jerk. The number itself was some distance below her career best, but Chanu did not need anything close to that. Nigeria's Ruth Nyong finished second with 168kg, leaving a staggering 22kg between gold and silver. Chanu also became the first woman in Commonwealth Games history to win three weightlifting gold medals.

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