Why Nooh Dastgir Butt's Didn't Participate in Paris Olympics? Shocking Revelation
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Why Nooh Dastgir Butt's Didn't Participate in Paris Olympics? Shocking Revelation
Why Nooh Dastgir Butt's Didn't Participate in Paris Olympics? Shocking Revelation
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00:00Weightlifter gold medalist Nu Dastagir Bhatt has joined us.
00:03Let's talk to him.
00:04Nu, Assalam-o-Alaikum.
00:05Thank you very much for your time.
00:07First of all, I would like to know,
00:08the biggest event of sports, the Olympics, is starting tomorrow.
00:11Only 7 athletes from Pakistan are participating in it.
00:15The world is moving so much forward in sports,
00:18and I don't know why we are moving backwards.
00:20What would you say?
00:22Yes, I think the world has definitely moved forward in technology.
00:25But, Alhamdulillah,
00:27we were not less in terms of hard work.
00:29We defeated 72 countries in the Commonwealth Games.
00:33And I defeated 7-8 countries in the South Asian Games.
00:37And I am also the junior world champion,
00:39in which I won the Olympic silver medalist
00:41and the world silver medalist,
00:43which I have already beaten.
00:45And the Commonwealth Games,
00:48which I defeated the New Zealand player,
00:51he is qualifying for the Olympics.
00:54And he is also participating.
00:56But I am not doing it.
00:58Just because of Pakistan,
01:02I have not been able to go to any qualifying event,
01:05nor have I been sent.
01:07They should have made me participate
01:10for international training or qualifying events
01:12after the Commonwealth Games,
01:14so that I could qualify for the Olympics
01:17and become a medalist for Pakistan.
01:20Okay, Anu, you also talked about yourself,
01:22so I would like to know
01:23what difficulties you faced in your career
01:26and what is the biggest honor for an athlete?
01:30The biggest difficulty for me right now
01:33is our own sports institutions in Pakistan,
01:35who have neither sent me to qualify for the Olympics
01:39nor have I been given an international platform
01:42for two years,
01:43that I should go to an international level
01:45and participate and qualify for the Olympics.
01:48But I can only appeal to the government
01:52to at least give me an international platform
01:55where I can participate
01:57and qualify for the Olympics.
02:01For the upcoming events,
02:02the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games,
02:04I should qualify for them
02:05and become a medalist for Pakistan.
02:08And the biggest honor for an athlete
02:11is that he represents his country at the international level.
02:15And not only does he represent his country,
02:17but he also wins medals for his country.
02:19Because many nations stand for your national anthem,
02:22for your flag,
02:23so there can't be a more proud moment in your life.
02:26Tell me, you made Pakistan proud,
02:29you won medals,
02:30and after you came,
02:31it seemed like you would go further in weightlifting,
02:34but that didn't happen.
02:35What is the reason?
02:37See, we, alhamdulillah,
02:39my family,
02:41we are putting in as much effort as we can,
02:43and we will continue to do so, inshallah.
02:45We have won medals in the Commonwealth Games,
02:47the Junior World Games,
02:48and the South Asian Games
02:49for Pakistan.
02:51And we are very confident
02:53that in the next Asian Games
02:55and Olympics,
02:56we can win medals for Pakistan.
02:58But if I am not allowed to play,
03:02if I am not allowed to sell,
03:04then I may not win any medals for Pakistan.
03:07Now, the last question,
03:08what is your appeal to the government?
03:11I think there should be a selection on merit.
03:14If a player is going to the international level,
03:16then he should go on merit.
03:18And there should be justice for every player.
03:20Because if there is no justice,
03:22then I think,
03:24the situation of cricket, squash,
03:26and hockey,
03:28and I think that in the near future,
03:30the situation of weightlifting will also be the same,
03:32that in weightlifting,
03:34the medals that Pakistan has won in the last 4-5 years,
03:36I think they will also stop coming.
03:38Thank you very much, Noor Dastgir Butt,
03:40for being with us.