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Mirabai Chanu’s coach Inspector Sandeep Kumar gets a rousing reception in Phagwara

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, July 27

As Inspector Sandeep Kumar, who is Assistant Coach to silver medal winning weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, today reached back, he got a hero’s welcome.

A grand function was organised at Ramgarhia College, Phagwara, to honour him as he is alumnus of the college. He was warmly welcomed by college principal Dr Manjit Singh, staff and other dignitaries. Gagandeep Singh Dhatt honored him with a bouquet and a momento.

Sandeep Kumar hails from Bara Pind village in Jalandhar. He is serving as an Inspector at the Sports Centre of Punjab Armed Police headquarters here, where too he was warmly received late this evening. An international-level weightlifter himself, Kumar had participated in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He had won a bronze in the 69-kg category in the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur.

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