International weightlifter-turned-coach L. Anita Chanu was in tears when she saw her student Saikhom Mirabai Chanu win a silver at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
“I am very happy that Mirabai, a student of Khaman Lampak centre, won an Olympic medal. We prayed for her success and I cried when she got the silver. We always dreamt of producing an Olympic medallist,” Anita, Mirabai’s childhood coach, told Sportstar from Imphal.
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“I hope this will inspire parents and kids to take up the sport in a big way so that we have a bigger pool of talent to choose from.”
Anita, a Dhyan Chand award winner, said she would celebrate Mirabai’s win with her students. “There are 10-15 students who stay in the centre and train. I will celebrate with them. Also, I will keep trying to produce Olympic medallists for the country."
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