Last Updated: November 10, 2023, 19:52 IST
A thigh harm ruined all hopes of Mirabai Chanu getting a medal within the ladies’s 49kg weightlifting occasion at Asian Games. (Image: AP)
Mirabai Chanu had sustained the harm final month whereas competing on the Asian Games in Hangzhou, has been recognized with hip tendinitis.
Recuperating from the hip harm she suffered throughout the Asian Games, star Indian lifter Mirabai Chanu is focusing on a return to motion within the Asian Championships subsequent yr.
This means like within the World Championships in September, she’s going to solely mark her attendance by finishing the mandatory formalities within the subsequent Olympic qualifying occasion, which is the IWF Grand Prix II in Doha from December 4 to 14.
She is not going to be lifting the barbell.
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The Olympic silver medallist, who had sustained the harm final month whereas competing on the Hangzhou Games, has been recognized with hip tendinitis.
“Mira has hip tendonitis, specifically an issue in her TFL (a muscle on the front of the hip that connects to the lower leg). But the problem is cured now,” nationwide coach Vijay Sharma advised PTI on Friday.
“The doctor had asked Mira to rest for six weeks. She has started her rehab process in Patiala. She is 75 per cent fit now. She will start training from December 20,” he added.
At the Asian Games, Chanu’s hip had given up whereas attempting to carry 117kg within the clear and jerk part. She had fallen to the ground whereas trying the carry and had to be carried away.
The former world champion struggles from an imbalance drawback that impacts her proper shoulder and again. Earlier in May, on the Asian Championships, a dodgy hip had compelled her to skip the final two makes an attempt, dashing her hopes of a medal.
“All her injuries are in some way caused by that imbalance issue. But she will fully recover (from the latest injury) by the Asian Championships and that will be her comeback event,” Sharma added.
The Asian Championships, one of many Olympic qualifying occasions, are scheduled to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from February 3 to 10.
Chanu, who competes within the 49kg occasion, is at present ranked second within the Olympic Qualification Rating (OQR) with a complete effort of 200kg, which she lifted on the 2022 World Championships.
“To give her body weight is compulsory. So Mira will just go to do that at the Grand Prix,” Sharma stated.
The IWF Paris 2024 qualification system states “Participation means at a minimum, attending, weighing-in and participating in the official introduction of athletes. For the avoidance of doubt, participation does not require competing at the event.”
Under the 2024 Olympic qualification rule, a lifter has to compulsorily compete within the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 World Cup.
Apart from the above, the lifter additionally has to take part in three of the next occasions the 2022 World Championships, the 2023 Continental Championships, the 2023 Grand Prix 1, the 2023 Grand Prix II and the 2024 Continental Championships.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) updates the Olympic Qualification Rating (OQR) of every weight class on the finish of each qualifying occasion.
One lifter per Olympic body weight class per NOC with the best totals (in kilograms) achieved in any of the Qualification Events will get to compete on the Paris Games.
