Capt congratulates Mirabai Chanu and her Punjab coach

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 24

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday congratulated weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu for her stupendous achievement of bagging the silver medal for India in the 49 kg category at Tokyo Olympics.

Earlier, the Chief Minister tweeted, "Our first medal! Congratulations to Saikhom Mirabai Chanu for winning Silver at Tokyo Olympics with a combined lift of 202 kg in women's 49 kg weightlifting event. India is super proud of your accomplishment."

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister also congratulated her assistant coach Sandeep Kumar under whose constant guidance, Chanu honed her skills.

Assistant coach Sandeep Kumar hails from Bara village in Jalandhar district and had participated in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics besides 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) winning a bronze (69 kg category) in the latter event. He is serving with Punjab Police as inspector and is posted at Sports Centre in PAP, Jalandhar.