Mirabai Chanu rewards truckers who gave her free lifts during training days

Guwahati: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, India’s first medallist from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, is a woman of her words. After her win, Mirabai thanked all those who helped her dream come true, and expressed her desire to reward the truckers who gave her a lift to her training academy back in the day. And today, she is doing so.

The 26-year-old hailing from a village in East Imphal in Manipur won a Silver medal by lifting a total of 202 kg at the Tokyo Olympics. She had to travel from her home about 30 km away to her training academy in Imphal.

Back in her training days, public transport was hard to find and coming from an underprivileged family, private transport was not an option. So, Mirabai would take lift from trucks carrying sand to Imphal.