Weightlifting | Mirabai likely to miss Asian championships

Olympics and World championships medallist lifter Mirabai Chanu is acceptable to miss the Asian championships, to beryllium held astatine Gandhinagar from May 12 to 17, owed to a enarthrosis issue, according to reliable sources.

Mirabai had picked up the enarthrosis contented during the National championships astatine Modinagar earlier this year. Even though she is connected the way of recovery, determination is beardown apprehension that pushing her to chopped value for 3 competitions successful 5 months to vie successful 48kg whitethorn instrumentality a toll connected the elite athlete.

Skipping the location Asian championships volition prevention Mirabai, who volition crook 32 connected August 8, immoderate hardships successful a packed calendar, studded with different important events specified arsenic the Commonwealth Games (where she volition question to triumph her 3rd consecutive gold) and the Asian Games (where she is yet to unfastened her account).