New DelhiIt was a proud moment for India on Saturday when Indian lifter Mirabai Chanu won silver medal In the women’s 49kg category at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Several Bollywood celebrities like Kangana Ranaut, Farhan Akhtar, Abhishek Bachchan and Janhvi Kapoor took to their social media accounts to celebrate their historic victory.
Bollywood actress Tisca Chopra also took to her Twitter to congratulate the weightlifting champion. However, instead of sharing Mirabai’s picture, the actress instead posted a picture of Aisha Windy Cantica, an Indonesian weightlifter.
See his now-deleted tweet:
For his mistake, he was trolled on Twitter by netizens who accused him of ignorance. Many criticized him for his mistake with lewd comments, while others corrected him without trolling.
Want to be proud? How disrespectful to create a false image of a national hero
— TheRationalIndia (@TheRationalInd3) July 24, 2021
I doubt whether Tiscaji really knows where Manipur is on our map of India
— khangembam munimdro (@munimdro) July 24, 2021
Use at least original picture and real name
even if you want another player— Hardik Batra (@Hardik_Life01) July 24, 2021
She is not Mirabai Chanu. He is Indonesian weightlifter who won bronze https://t.co/p1jnFJeVAe
— Ziaul Islam (@real_ziaulislam) July 24, 2021
When you don’t even identify the person but it’s important to tweet because it’s trending
— first (@first9340) July 24, 2021
Later, the actress took to Twitter to apologize, saying, “Glad you guys had fun! It was a real mistake, I’m sorry.. doesn’t mean I’m not proud of @mirabai_chanu.
In the #TokyoOlympics.. and in the rest of our crew.”
With this monumental silver medal, Chanu has become the second Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic medal, after Karnam Malleswari won the bronze medal in the 69kg category at the 2000 Sydney Games, when the weightlifting field was opened to women for the first time.
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