My CWG medal is my gift to my sister: Boxer Sagar Ahlawat
Boxer Sagar Ahlawat won a silver at the recent Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. He talks about the medal being a perfect Raksha Bandhan present for his sister, Tamanna Ahlawat, and also shares the bittersweet emotions of having missed out on a gold finish. The pressure of performing well at the international level in the debut performance is hard to imagine. Yet, in his very first international appearance, boxer Sagar Ahlawat won silver at the recent Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Still trying to overcome a barrage of bittersweet emotions, he says,“Yeh mera pehla international competition hai aur maine apna poora effort diya. Main bahut khush hoon silver medal laakar. Lekin abhi thodi nirasha bhi mehsoos kar raha hoon kyunki gold nahi laa saka. But the hard work goes on, and I will keep giving my all in training.” ‘Next time gold lekar hi aana hai!’ In the men’s 92kg boxing category he came so close to gold and yet missed it. The 23-year-old continues to brim with immense self ...