Rio Olympics bronze medalist Sakshi Malik is enjoying celebrity status, but has missed out on training after achieving the herculean feat
Sakshi Malik
Sakshi Malik
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Rio Olympics bronze medalist Sakshi Malik is enjoying celebrity status, but has missed out on training after achieving the herculean feat. "Celebrity status is something very new to me but at the same time I am missing my training like anything. I am unhappy that I am not training. Come October, I will be back to training again," she said on the sidelines of Whisper India's Like A Girl campaign in a city hotel yesterday afternoon.
Modern-day sportsperson
Ever since arrived back in India after she became the first Indian to win a medal in Rio, she has started to witness the other side of modern-day sportsperson, one which involves a lot of traveling, media interactions, promotional events, official functions and a whole lot of plastic smiles for the never- ending flash bulbs.
For someone like Sakshi, who has been wrestling since the age of 12, fighting against the will and words of a society more known for their skewed sex ratio, one has to give it to her for putting up a brave face against all odds. And now, she is also very focused on what she wants to do next. "This was my first Olympics and I have learnt a lot. There are some small things that differentiate an Indian wrestler from the others. I want to work on those minute details and win a gold in my next Olympics," she said.
Lack of infrastructure
"We also lack a lot of things in terms of training facilities, infrastructures, medical expertise, research and guidance. I hope the government will look into these." Sakshi said she wants to associate herself with wrestling even after she quits the sport. "I want to teach kids wrestling, mostly girls," she concluded. And why she wants to do that is anybody's guess.
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