New Delhi: Olympic silver medalist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu feels her success at the Paris Games will depend on her ability to remain injury-free, especially as she strives to surpass the elusive 90kg mark in the snatch test. of the quadrennial show.
Until her competition on August 7, her focus will be on "managing all the muscles" and "improving technique to lift at least 90kg in snatch," said the Manipuri, who competes in the 49kg category.
"For me, managing injuries and staying stress-free will be important. I have to do the things that helped me recover," Chanu told SAI Media.
"Injuries and pain are companions for us. You never know when they will attack. We have to conquer them and the Paris Olympics will tell me how well I have handled these aspects of the sport."
Chanu, who has a personal best of 88kg in the snatch and 119kg in the clean and jerk, is no stranger to injuries and has struggled with a persistent back problem.
More recently, she suffered hip tendinitis at the Asian Games held in September-October last year, which kept her sidelined for five months.
She returned to competitive action at the IWF World Cup in April, finishing in 12th place with a total effort of 184 kg (81 kg + 103 kg), 33 kg behind China's Hou Zhihui, who will look to defend the title. Olympian of her.
"After the injury at the Asian Games, the World Cup was my first competition. I was certainly afraid of getting injured again. I didn't want to ruin my chances of making it to Paris. So, yes, that fear of getting injured was there."
Chanu and her team will travel to Le Ferté-Milon in France in the first week of July and will have almost a month to acclimatize before the Olympics.
The star weightlifter, for whom the Ministry of Sports, through the Target Olympic Podium Scheme and other athlete funding programmes, has spent over Rs 2.7 million on her training in the Paris cycle, laments of not having an Asian Games medal in his cabinet.
"A medal at the Asian Games seems to be cursed, I definitely want to win one and I was just one step away from getting it in Hangzhou when the injury happened.
"Even after so much preparation, I got injured. That hurts, but at the same time, injuries make me determined to return stronger to India. So I never had negative thoughts to quit."
"For any weightlifter to participate in two Olympic Games is a great thing. Competing at the world level is difficult. It will be a dream for me and my family to win a second Olympic medal, but I also know that even the best preparation can fail," he added. .
Until her competition on August 7, her focus will be on "managing all the muscles" and "improving technique to lift at least 90kg in snatch," said the Manipuri, who competes in the 49kg category.
"For me, managing injuries and staying stress-free will be important. I have to do the things that helped me recover," Chanu told SAI Media.
"Injuries and pain are companions for us. You never know when they will attack. We have to conquer them and the Paris Olympics will tell me how well I have handled these aspects of the sport."
Chanu, who has a personal best of 88kg in the snatch and 119kg in the clean and jerk, is no stranger to injuries and has struggled with a persistent back problem.
More recently, she suffered hip tendinitis at the Asian Games held in September-October last year, which kept her sidelined for five months.
She returned to competitive action at the IWF World Cup in April, finishing in 12th place with a total effort of 184 kg (81 kg + 103 kg), 33 kg behind China's Hou Zhihui, who will look to defend the title. Olympian of her.
"After the injury at the Asian Games, the World Cup was my first competition. I was certainly afraid of getting injured again. I didn't want to ruin my chances of making it to Paris. So, yes, that fear of getting injured was there."
Chanu and her team will travel to Le Ferté-Milon in France in the first week of July and will have almost a month to acclimatize before the Olympics.
The star weightlifter, for whom the Ministry of Sports, through the Target Olympic Podium Scheme and other athlete funding programmes, has spent over Rs 2.7 million on her training in the Paris cycle, laments of not having an Asian Games medal in his cabinet.
"A medal at the Asian Games seems to be cursed, I definitely want to win one and I was just one step away from getting it in Hangzhou when the injury happened.
"Even after so much preparation, I got injured. That hurts, but at the same time, injuries make me determined to return stronger to India. So I never had negative thoughts to quit."
"For any weightlifter to participate in two Olympic Games is a great thing. Competing at the world level is difficult. It will be a dream for me and my family to win a second Olympic medal, but I also know that even the best preparation can fail," he added. .
