{"id":17111,"date":"2021-07-24T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/?p=17111"},"modified":"2021-07-24T16:01:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T10:31:01","slug":"punjab-cm-congratulates-weightlifter-saikhom-mirabai-chanu-and-assistant-coach-sandeep-kumar-for-silver-winning-effort-at-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/?p=17111","title":{"rendered":"PUNJAB CM CONGRATULATES WEIGHTLIFTER SAIKHOM MIRABAI CHANU AND ASSISTANT COACH SANDEEP KUMAR FOR SILVER WINNING EFFORT AT TOKYO OLYMPICS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>SANDEEP KUMAR SERVING AS INSPECTOR WITH PUNJAB POLICE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chandigarh, July 24: The Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday congratulated Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu for her stupendous achievement of bagging the Silver medal for India in 49 Kg category at Tokyo Olympics thus opening the medal tally for the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, the Chief Minister tweeted, &#8220;Our first medal! 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