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Mirabai Chanu Has Unfinished Business, Says Weightlifting Coach Vijay Sharma

By IANS News September 18, 2024 • 13:10 PM View: 81

The Hangzhou Asian Games: Veteran weightlifting coach Vijay Sharma believes that Mirabai Chanu still has a lot of weightlifting left in her and she must continue in competitive events.

Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, finished fourth at the Paris Olympics last month, missing a bronze medal by the barest of margins in women’s 49kg category.

"After Paris, we both discussed the future and decided that Mirabai must continue in competitive weightlifting,” said coach Sharma, Sharma, who has been working with Mirabai since 2014, to SAI Media on the sidelines of the ASMITA women’s weightlifting league in Modinagar.

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