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Sports Ministry Approves Mirabai Chanu’s Proposal To Train In Paris For Olympics | Other Sports News

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Sports Ministry Approves Mirabai Chanu’s Proposal To Train In Paris For Olympics | Other Sports News

[ad_1] Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) during their 126th meeting approved weightlifter Mirabai Chanu's proposal to train at La Ferte-Milon, Paris to prepare ahead of the upcoming Olympic Games this year. Mira, who won a silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics, will head to Paris nearly a month ahead of her Olympic event, to acclimatize to the weather and prepare for the mega event. During the Paris training camp, Mirabai would be accompanied by two coaches and a physiotherapist, with their air tickets, visa cost, accommodation charges, food, training cost, local transport cost, medical insurance, and sauna charges among other expenditures being covered under Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) funding.Besides Mira, MOC also approved proposals of Equestr...

Mirabai Chanu Targets Next Year’s Asian Championships To Return From Injury | Weightlifting News

[ad_1] Recuperating from the hip injury she suffered during the Asian Games, star Indian lifter Mirabai Chanu is targeting a return to action in the Asian Championships next year. This means like in the World Championships in September, she will only mark her attendance by completing the necessary formalities in the next Olympic qualifying event, which is the IWF Grand Prix II in Doha from December 4 to 14. She will not be lifting the barbell. The Olympic silver medallist, who had sustained the injury last month while competing at the Hangzhou Games, has been diagnosed with hip tendinitis."Mira has hip tendonitis, specifically an issue in her TFL (a muscle on the front of the hip that connects to the lower leg). But the problem is cured now," national coach Vijay Sharma told PTI on Frida...

Another Year, Another Set Of Medals; Mirabai Chanu Continues To Rule Indian Weightlifting | Weightlifting News

[ad_1] The legend of Mirabai Chanu continued to grow as she added a second World Championships medal to her much-decorated trophy cabinet while other Indian lifters too revelled in the glory of a power-packed performance at the Commonwealth Games in 2022. They say winning is a habit and Mirabai has certainly made one. The lifter from Manipur expectedly bossed the 49kg field at the Commonwealth Games to give India the first gold medal of the Birmingham edition. It was not a question of if, but the margin of gold medal win as Mirabai was assured of title the moment she entered the not-so-competitive field.Such was her domination that the second-place Mauritian Roilya Ranaivosoa finished 29 kgs behind her. It was Mirabai's third CWG medal and second consecutive gold. The diminutive lifter e...