HIGHLIGHTS

• Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal in women’s weightlifting 49kg category at Tokyo 2020
• Dominos India offered free pizza to Mirabai after her historic silver at Tokyo Games
• My family and I appreciate the gesture from Domino’s Pizzas, says Mirabai Chanu

Dominos India, who offered Mirabai Chanu to treat her with free pizza for life after the weightlifter’s historic silver at the Tokyo Olympics, has delivered on their promise.

The food chain restaurant not only treated the Manipur athlete with the delicious pizza but also reached out to her friends and family in Imphal, Manipur.

Mirabai Chanu thanked the Dominos for their gesture.

“Thank you @dominos_india for sending some great tasting pizzas & celebrating with us. My family and I appreciate the gesture from Domino’s Pizzas. I look forward to our friendship,” she wrote on Twitter.

After winning her historic medal, the 26-year-old showed her desire to have pizza and ice-cream after her historic medal as she hadn’t had her favourite foods for months.

“I will eat pizza and ice-cream. I haven’t eaten it for a while,” said Mirabai after winning her Olympic medal.

Following her comment, Domino’s India has stepped up to offer her free pizzas – for life.

“We are elated that we could share this wonderful moment with Mirabai Chanu’s loved ones. She brought a smile to a billion+ faces, our Domino’s Imphal Team brought a small token of appreciation to celebrate the success with her family,” Dominos India wrote on Twitter.

Mirabai’s medal also saw her complete the women’s hat-trick for India at the Olympics. She is the third female athlete in a row to bag a medal for the country at the Games after PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, who were India’s only medal winners at the Rio Olympics in 2016.