Manipur: Adidas Presents Branded shoes to Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu

Adidas, one of the world’s largest shoe and sports equipment companies, recently gave weightlifter Mirabai Chanu branded shoes after she earned a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2021. On August 13, 2021, the Olympian received the branded sneakers from Adidas when she visited the Adidas store at The Promenade Mall in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj.

She met teenage weightlifters during her visit to the Adidas shop and spent time learning about their goals, problems, and what prompted them to take up weightlifting as a sport. Mirabai Chanu said on her Twitter profile on Saturday, while posting a photo of her personalized sneaker and a poster autographed by her, “What a day with my @adidas family! Always exciting to see how the next generation of girls is taking to the sport. Looking forward to trying my new customized lifting shoes, thank you #adidasindia.”

The 27-year-old weightlifter competed in his second Olympics in Tokyo. Mirabai Chanu of Manipur’s Imphal East district qualified for the 2016 Olympics in the women’s 48kg weight class. Mirabai believes that more young women in the country would become interested in sports.