Tokyo Olympics: IOA announces cash prizes for coaches who help athletes win medals

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Saturday cash rewards for coaches of Olympic medal winners. The coaches of gold medal winners will get Rs 12.5 lakh while those of bronze medallists will get Rs 7.5 lakh. Tokyo Games silver winner Mirabai Chanu's coach Vijay Sharma will be awarded Rs 10 lakh after his ward's historic win.

IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta said they have to reward the coaches as well for producing Olympic medal winners. 
Appreciating the coaches, Mehta said they are the ones who are guiding the athletes day in and day out and are also working hard and making sacrifices, just like the athletes.

On Thursday, the IOA had announced that it would give the Tokyo Olympics gold medal winners a cash award of Rs 75 lakh apart from giving each of the participating National Sports Federations (NSFs) a bonus amount of Rs 25 lakh. The silver medal winners will be awarded Rs 40 lakh, while the bronze winners will get richer by Rs 25 lakhs.

Mirabai Chanu opened India's medals tally on Saturday as she bagged a silver in the Women's 49kg category at the Games. Chanu lifted a total of 202 kg (87kg in snatch and 115kg in clean and jerk) during her four successful attempts across the competition.  China's Zhihui Hou bagged gold with a total of 210kg and created a new Olympic Record, while Indonesia's Windy Cantika Aisah grabbed bronze with a total of 194kg.

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