<p class="title">Her Asian Games participation is in doubt due to a lower back problem, but world champion and Commonwealth Games gold-medallist weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu says the injury is not as bad as first thought and she would need just two weeks of training to be competition ready.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mirabai had complained of discomfort in her lower back in May. The injury has since puzzled doctors across the country, who are unable to diagnose the cause.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am confident that in two weeks I can prepare well for the Asian Games," Mirabai told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The pain started around May 25. I travelled to several places including Delhi and Mumbai for treatment but the doctors are not able to diagnose what exactly the injury is. All tests have come back normal, the X-rays also don't show anything," she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But with less than a month to go for the continental showpiece, to be held in Indonesia from August 18, the ace weightlifter says the pain is subsiding.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"...the treatment prescribed is working, in the past two days, the pain has been less. Within 2-3 weeks if the pain continues to lessen, I will be able to lift weights."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The doctors have advised Mirabai, who competes in the 48kg category, to refrain from lifting heavy weights.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The world champion is currently at the National Institute of Sports (NIS) in Patiala, where she is limiting herself to just upper body training.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am in Patiala with everyone else in the camp, because we thought if I get treated here I can resume weightlifting as soon as the pain subsides. I am just concentrating on bodybuilding, and strengthening my upper body," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A decision on her participation will be made within the next two weeks and the 23-year-old is eager to take part.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am very keen on participating in the Asian Games because in weightlifting the Asian countries like China, Thailand, Kazakhstan are the top countries. The competition will be good," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In November, the Manipuri had clinched India's first gold at the World Championship in 22 years after lifting a new world record of 194kg (85kg+109kg) at Anaheim, USA.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She had bagged the gold at the CWG in April by lifting a personal best of 196kg (86kg+110kg), a national record.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Apart from Mirabai, Rakhi Halder(63kg), CWG gold-medallist Sathish Sivalingam and Ajay Singh (both 77kg) and CWG bronze-medallist Vikas Thakur (94kg) have been selected to take part in the Asian Games.</p>
<p class="title">Her Asian Games participation is in doubt due to a lower back problem, but world champion and Commonwealth Games gold-medallist weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu says the injury is not as bad as first thought and she would need just two weeks of training to be competition ready.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mirabai had complained of discomfort in her lower back in May. The injury has since puzzled doctors across the country, who are unable to diagnose the cause.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am confident that in two weeks I can prepare well for the Asian Games," Mirabai told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The pain started around May 25. I travelled to several places including Delhi and Mumbai for treatment but the doctors are not able to diagnose what exactly the injury is. All tests have come back normal, the X-rays also don't show anything," she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But with less than a month to go for the continental showpiece, to be held in Indonesia from August 18, the ace weightlifter says the pain is subsiding.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"...the treatment prescribed is working, in the past two days, the pain has been less. Within 2-3 weeks if the pain continues to lessen, I will be able to lift weights."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The doctors have advised Mirabai, who competes in the 48kg category, to refrain from lifting heavy weights.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The world champion is currently at the National Institute of Sports (NIS) in Patiala, where she is limiting herself to just upper body training.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am in Patiala with everyone else in the camp, because we thought if I get treated here I can resume weightlifting as soon as the pain subsides. I am just concentrating on bodybuilding, and strengthening my upper body," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A decision on her participation will be made within the next two weeks and the 23-year-old is eager to take part.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am very keen on participating in the Asian Games because in weightlifting the Asian countries like China, Thailand, Kazakhstan are the top countries. The competition will be good," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In November, the Manipuri had clinched India's first gold at the World Championship in 22 years after lifting a new world record of 194kg (85kg+109kg) at Anaheim, USA.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She had bagged the gold at the CWG in April by lifting a personal best of 196kg (86kg+110kg), a national record.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Apart from Mirabai, Rakhi Halder(63kg), CWG gold-medallist Sathish Sivalingam and Ajay Singh (both 77kg) and CWG bronze-medallist Vikas Thakur (94kg) have been selected to take part in the Asian Games.</p>