| 1. Chanu began weightlifting at age twelve in 2006. |
| 2. She looks up to Kunjarani Devi as her role model. |
| 3. Chanu secured India's first gold medal at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. |
| 4. Following her victory at CWG 2014, she encountered a back injury. |
| 5. She holds the Commonwealth Games record in the 53 kg weight class with a snatch of 84 kg. |
| 6. She expressed disappointment at not being included in the final list of Arjuna Awardees. |
| 7. She started with 72 kg weightlifting and straightway shifted to 77 kg without dropping even a single weight in the snatch. |
| 8. She won her second gold medal at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in the women's 53 kg category with a total lift of 192 kg. |
