Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu will bear exams on October 3 in Mumbai to search out out the severity of the thigh damage she suffered on the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Despite feeling some ache in her thigh through the warm-ups, Chanu went forward along with her six makes an attempt within the girls’s 49kg competitors on the continental showpiece, which led to damage on Saturday. Chanu, who will fly again to India on Sunday, will probably be present process exams on the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute in Mumbai. “We have to wait and find out the extent of her injury. She can’t put down her foot as of now. Tomorrow we will have some idea depending on if she is able to walk,” head coach Vijay Sharma advised PTI over the cellphone from Hangzhou.

“We are trying to do all the the tests on Monday but since it’s 2nd October lets see if it is possible. Otherwise it will happen on Tuesday. We have spoken to a reputed doctor in Mumbai and booked appointment for October 4,” he added.

Earlier within the day, the 2017 world champion had managed to elevate the 117kg bar which rested on her collarbone, able to be jerked, however the Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist’s hip gave up and he or she crumbled on the ground.

Lying on her again in agony, Sharma needed to elevate Chanu and carry her away from the platform in his arms. Had the two-time Commonwealth Games champion succeeded in lifting 117kg, she would have gained the bronze medal.

After successful medals on the Olympics, World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Asian Championships, an Asian Games medal was the one silverware left to adorn the 29-year-old’s illustrious trophy cupboard.

“After snatch I asked her to pull out but she insisted on going through. She is mentally very tough and insisted that she’ll mange the lift and stand on the podium,” Sharma stated.

Immediately after failing to clear her first 86kg snatch try, a grimace had unfold on the previous world champion’s face. But she continued.

Sharma stated had every little thing labored out, Chanu would have logged the much-anticipated 90kg elevate in snatch.

“Mira (Chanu) has been lifting 90kg in training for the past 2-3 months. She lifted that in the selection trials as well.

“It’s unlucky, Mira was oncourse for a medal. She was match additionally. It’s all God’s doing. Last yr she was at peak health and appeared robust however the Asian Games had been postponed by a yr attributable to COVID,” Sharma said.

At the Asian Championships in May, a dodgy hip had forced her to skip the last two attempts, dashing her hopes of a medal.