Mirabai requests TOPS Committee for foreign strength and conditioning coach

Former world champion Mirabai Chanu has requested the Sports Authority of India (SAI) to provide her with a foreign strength and conditioning (S&C) coach, which will help her in injury management.

The 25-year-old made the request under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), which was forwarded by the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) to SAI, in March before the Indian government imposed a nationwide lockdown to flatten the COVID-19 curve.

"There are a lot of chances of injury in weightlifting so I had requested TOPS committee for a strength and conditioning coach before the lockdown," Mirabai, who made a successful comeback from a lower back injury last year, told PTI.

Mirabai, had suffered a lower back injury after the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

Doctors across the country were unable to diagnose the cause, forcing the diminutive Manipuri to stay out of action for about nine months, missing the 2018 Asian Games and the World Championships.

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