New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- Managing Saikhom Mirabai Chanu's training load to keep her injury-free while ensuring she peaked at the Asian Games was the primary focus of the chief coach of the Indian national weightlifting team, Vijay Sharma, who said the approach ultimately helped the Indian weightlifter secure the silver medal that had eluded her at the continental showpiece.

Mirabai returned to India on Tuesday morning after winning silver in the women's 49kg category at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, completing her medal collection at the major international events.

Talking to ANI in New Delhi, Sharma said the training programme was specifically designed to prevent injury after Chanu's previous Asian Games campaign had ended in disappointm...