Salman (L) and his men’s doublesculls partner Satnam Singh
Wushu fighter Roshibina Devi bagged silver in the women’s 60kg sanda, shooters Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal claimed bronze in mixed team skeet, long-distance runner Seema Kumari won bronze in the women’s 10,000m while the mixed 4x400m relay quartet of Manu TS, Poovamma MR, Vishal TK and Vithya Ramaraj added another silver. Early on in my training, the boat did overturn once, and I was terrified,” the 28-year-old Naib Subedar with the 122 Engineer Regiment said. Because of his physique and height, Salman was a reluctant rower, picked directly from the training centre. Because of their efforts that I have reached this stage, it is.
If the pairing had not been changed and this boat combination had been formed earlier, India might have won the gold medal,” he said.
One of my friends told me try for the army. The coaches ,” he said. We sat in the double sculls boat just five days ag,” he said. After winning it, they were the first people I called,” he said. “You get so motivated with such words that you can row with a stone as well,” he said.
Rowing was never part of his original plan. “I didn’t want to do rowing. “After my father Kasim Khan’s death, I had to move to Delhi and drive an Uber. I prepared and was enlisted. I promptly sold my taxi once I joined. Joining the army wasn’t all ducks and water. Waves frightened him and he feared the boat might capsize. “I didn’t even know how to swim. I was literally dragged into it. I always feared that the boat might overturn. Salman’s journey in rowing began unexpectedly, as coaches pushed him into the sport during his Army training. “When I joined the Army, the coaches practically dragged me into rowing training. My coaches worked extremely hard with me, and I gradually I got used to it. “When the decision to split up our group was made, it made all of us nirash. After winning bronze, the first people Salman he called were his mother Jaburunnisha and wife.“My mother and my wife had been praying for my medal since the night before. The line brought a smile to his face.
Salman was paired with Satnam only a few days before the race, which made preparation difficult. “Just five days before the event, I was given a new partner. My earlier partners were Jakar Khan and Balraj, and I had trained with them for six to seven months.
I’ve struggled a lot in my life,” Salman, a resident of Purey Dhani Khairahna village in Amethi’s Tiloi area, told TOI on Tuesday. Today, I feel proud of my country, the Indian Army , SAI TOPS, and Uttar Pradesh.