File picture of Tannu.© SAI
At 4.30 within the morning, Jagdish Gulia and his eight-year-old daughter Tannu have been glued to tv watching Indian ladies wrestling on the 2016 Rio Olympics. When Sakshi Malik turned the bout on its head within the dying seconds to safe bronze, each Jagdish and Tannu embraced one another in celebration. It was at this second when Jagdish, a faculty bus driver in Haryana, determined that Tannu would turn out to be a grappler. On the opposite fingers, Tannu was much more excited excited about the travelling alternatives she could be getting as an athlete.
She took one step nearer to that dream when she gained the bronze medal within the 65kg weight class on the Rajarathinam stadium right here on Tuesday.
”My father would have been pleased with gold, nevertheless it’s okay. In contrast to the final version the place I used to be eradicated within the second spherical and returned empty-handed, this time I’ve one thing to point out to my father,” mentioned Tannu, who went about displaying her medal across the area.
Often, her father travels along with her to most competitions, however this time his college didn’t sanction his depart so she was accompanied by her uncle Narendra and youthful cousin sister Sakshi, who couldn’t win a medal.
Tannu has thus far gained 4 medals, together with the bronze medal right here. She bagged the Beneath-19 College Video games gold in 2023; bronze at Beneath-17 Cadet Rating Sequence in 2022 and Beneath-14 College Nationwide Video games in 2019.
”Within the subsequent Khelo India Youth Video games you will notice me take the gold. I’ll depart no stone unturned and work onerous from right here on. The chance and medal at Khelo India Youth Video games has pumped me up sufficient. I do know I deserve larger and higher,” Tannu added.
She mentioned her father, regardless of his low earnings, has accomplished every little thing to take care of wrestler’s eating regimen. ”He feeds me every little thing to maintain me sturdy. My uncle has even purchased a buffalo in order that there isn’t any scarcity of milk and ghee,” she revealed.
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