Jeremy Lalrinnunga’s CWG Gold: Birmingham win brings cheer to Army Sports Institute in Pune

PUNE-based Army Sports Institute (ASI) and its Boys Sports Company celebrated as Naib Subedar Jeremy Lalrinnunga clinched the weightlifting gold at Birmingham Commonwealth Games in males’s 67 kilogram class on Sunday. And why not? The 19-year-old Naib Subedar, who hails from Aizawl in Mizoram, has educated on the Boys Sports Company, and the ASI aside from the varied nationwide degree camps. “Indian Army congratulates Naib Subedar Jeremy Lalrinnunga on winning Gold Medal in Weightlifting by lifting a total of 300 kilogram in Men’s 67kg Finals at Commonwealth Games 2022,” tweeted the Indian Army after his victory. Lalrinnunga is among the many 16 athletes from the ASI competing on the Commonwealth Games being held at Birmingham.

Nb Sub Lalrinnunga smashed two Commonwealth Games information by lifting a complete of 300 kilograms with 140 kilograms in snatch and 160 kilograms in clear and jerk.

Officials mentioned Nb Sub Lalrinnunga grew up alongside along with his 4 siblings in Aizawl. His expertise was noticed in January 2012 by some athletes from Mizoram who have been related to the ASI. In September 2012, he joined the Boys Sports Company on the ASI and began specialised coaching in weightlifting.

In October 2018, he caught the nation’s consideration by profitable a gold in 62 kilogram boys’ class in third Summer Youth Olympics. In May 2019, he joined the Army as a Naib Subedar within the seventeenth Battalion of the Brigade of Guards. Along with teaching within the nationwide camps, Nb Sub Lalrinnunga has obtained coaching from three coaches on the Boys Sports Company and the ASI. In December 2021, he certified for the Commonwealth Games.

The Boys Sports Company on the ASI was raised in January 2006 below Army’s Mission Olympics Programme to identify the expertise at a younger age. Boys within the age group of eight to 14 are chosen via an open course of. An hooked up faculty of CBSE sample concurrently helps college students full their research.

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The ASI was raised in July 2001 because the premier sports activities coaching institution of the Army below Mission Olympics to faucet the expertise pool of sportsmen serving within the Army. Tokyo Gold Medalist Subedar Neeraj Chopra, who can be from the ASI, obtained a major chunk of his teaching, coaching and administrative help on the establishment together with a number of different Olympians and Asian and Commonwealth video games athletes.