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players have struggled a lot in family paid off and Kajol has won
their lives to reach this stage of a lot of accolades in weightlifting.
success. In their success, their Tanu of Rohtak has performed a
family and parents too have had similar kind of miracle. Tanu's
a big role to play. father Rajbir Singh is a school
bus driver in Rohtak. By winning
Father of Adil Altaf from Srinagar,
the gold medal in wrestling, Tanu
who won the gold in 70-km
has realized her own, her family’s
cycling, does tailoring work, but,
and her father’s dream.
has left no stone unturned to fulfill
his son's dreams. Today, Adil has Friends, in the sports world, now,
brought pride to his father and the dominance of Indian players
the entire Jammu & Kashmir. is increasing; at the same time,
Gold winner L. Dhanush’s father a new image of Indian sports is
is a carpenter in Chennai. also emerging. For example, in
Sangli's daughter Kajol Sargar’s Khelo India Youth Games, besides
father works as a tea vendor. disciplines that are in Olympics,
Kajol would help her father and five indigenous sports were also
practice weightlifting as well. included this time. These five
This hard work of hers and her sports are – Gatka, Thang-Ta,

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