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No Challenge Can Stop Me From Achieving My Dreams

Hindustan Times Bengaluru

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June 04, 2025

Athlete Pooja Singh grabbed the gold medal at the Asian Athletics Championships 2025 in South Korea on Friday (May 30). Notably, she achieved the feat with torn spikes!

- Karan Sethi karan.sethi@partner.hindustantimes.com

used bamboo poles in place of proper crossbars. Sach kahun toh itne bade competition mein maine phate huye spikes par kinesiology tape laga kar khela tha," she reflects. But nothing has ever seemed like an extenuating circumstance for this grounded girl. "What if my shoes were torn in this championship, or I have trained with bamboos in the past? Agar mere paas ku

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