Birmingham: Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth has congratulated Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu in a very unique way. Popular for portraying the Norse god of thunder, Thor, dedicated ‘his’ hammer to the Commonwealth Games 2022 champion in a twitter post.
Chanu won a gold medal in 49kg category after a lift of 88kg in Snatch and 113kg in Clean & Jerk round of the game. With a total lift of 201kg, Chanu created Commonwealth Games record and won India’s first gold medal in 2022.
Following her win, a fan posted a photo of Mirabai Chanu with the hammer of MCU character in her hand. The caption read, “Time for Thor to give up his hammer Chris Hemsworth.”
The Hollywood star was tagged in the post and he responded to the photo and said, “She is worthy. Congrats, Saikhom, you legend.”
The 27-year-old from India retweeted the photo on her Twitter.
Mirabai Chanu ‘worthy’ of Thor’s hammer: Chris Hemsworth
— Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (@mirabai_chanu) August 5, 2022
The Thor hammer is named Mjølnir and only a ‘worthy’ can hold it. It is a powerful enchanted war-hammer forged by the Giant Dwarves for the Asgardian Royal Family, and was used by Odin before he passed it down to Hela and then Thor.
Odin cursed the hammer with a spell which says, “Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.”
