‘He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life’ — Muhammad Ali
For Prabhu, it was a long trek to Istanbul. At the Asian Powerlifting Championship, held in the last week of December, he lifted a total of 725 kilogram (squat: 300kg, bench: 150kg, dead lift: 275kg), in the Under-74 kg category, and emerged victorious. A gold to cherish for many years to come. For his friends and family who took loans and pooled in over `3 lakh for his foreign trip, it was a blissful moment. A local felicitation event was held the next day at Avinashi new bus stand, where local boys and fitness experts from several gyms gathered to cheer him. It was just the beginning of a string of such events that followed.
His journey, though wasn’t a cakewalk. He didn’t have enough money for the trip. “I had almost decided to back out of the competition as we were trapped in debt.” But his family and well-wishers came forward to crowd-fund him.
This story is from the January 09, 2022 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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