Mirabai Chanu's Treat For Truckers Who Helped Her Travel For Training

Friday, 6 August 2021Newsdesk

Mirabai Chanu, who won India its first medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, did not have it easy growing up. Her village, Nongpok Kakching, was more than 25 km from the Sports Academy in Manipur's capital Imphal.

New Delhi, 06 August 2021

As per news report of NDTV, lacking the funds to travel the distance every day, the star weightlifter used to hitch a ride with trucks that would carry river sands to Imphal. The truckers near her village gave her a lift every day for several years. On Thursday, she let her gratitude be known as she treated around 150 truck drivers and helpers to a shirt, a Manipuri scarf and a full course lunch. Mirabai broke down in gratitude when she met the drivers. She said that her dream of becoming a weightlifter would not have been achieved had it not been for the truckers who helped her travel to train.

Source -NDTV