An increase of 25kg in eight months is a big target for any weightlifter. But 19-year-old Jeremy Lalrinnunga, a naib subedar in the Indian Army, believes he can achieve the mark and become the country’s first male lifter to land an Asian Games medal after 36 years.
The lockdown during the pandemic’s first wave, a knee injury and then a bout of COVID during the third wave have disturbed Jeremy’s plans but not his resolve. The viral infection actually allowed him a much-needed break to recuperate from an upper back injury that had held him back a bit at the World Championships in Tashkent last month.
