He had won a gold at the last edition of the South Asian Games in Dhaka and this time Chhote Lal Yadav's target is even higher -- to help five-time world champion MC Mary Kom win a second Olympic medal.
"We're trying really hard and she's all the more dedicated to win again at the Olympics. But at the moment, the first target is to get a qualification," Yadav, who was roped in as Mary Kom's personal coach in July last year through Olympic Gold Quest, told PTI.
"Imagine to leave your two-year-old son at home and spend hours at practice. She's doing a lot of sacrifice," Yadav said after a training session with Mary Kom at the Practice Hall in NEHU where boxing will begin in the 12th South Asian Games.
The Services boxer had won in the 57kg category at the Dhaka Games.
Yadav, who completed a coaching course at the NIS Patiala in 2014-15, was contacted by OGQ last year to coach Mary Kom and he readily accepted.
