Sportskeeda's Top 10 Indian sportswomen of the year 2017

#2 Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting)

Chanu is an Indian weightlifter

Indian weightlifting has never been on such a pedestal as it is today and all the credit for this goes to Mirabai Chanu following her landmark victory at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships triumph in the United States.

The last Indian woman to win gold at the World Championship was Karnam Malleswari, who won the events in consecutive years, 1994 and 1995.

The gold medal she won ended a 22-year drought for India and solidified her as a true hero in the weightlifting world. She lifted a record 194 kg total in the 48 kg women's category and showed just why she is the shining star in Indian weightlifting at just 23 years of age.