Pride of Nation: Pakistani sisters bags 15 gold medals in Weightlifting Championship

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00:00What a great job has been done for Pakistan.

00:02In South Africa's Powerlifting Championship,

00:05three sisters won 15 gold medals and raised the flag of Pakistan.

00:11Not one, not two, not three, but 15 gold medals.

00:14Wow!

00:15Twinkle Sohail is her name,

00:18Sibyl Sohail is her name,

00:20and Veronica Sohail has won these medals in different categories.

00:23And it is a world record that three sisters have participated in the International Powerlifting Championship for the first time.

00:29Wow!

00:30All three of them are very talented.

00:32And their coach Rashid Malik says,

00:35we will request you to include this honor in the Guinness Book of World Records.

00:39So these three sisters, who have made a great name for themselves and the country,

00:43are with us.

00:45So why not talk to them?

00:47We have Twinkle, Veronica, and Sibyl with us.

00:50Thank you to all three of you.

00:51And first tell me, these 15 gold medals,

00:54and all three of them are so talented,

00:57so first of all, congratulations.

00:59In which category did you win?

01:01Let's start with you, Veronica.

01:05Yes, in the 57th category,

01:07in the Asian-Pacific-African Combined Championship,

01:10I won 5 gold medals,

01:12of which I won 4 gold medals in the Classic,

01:14and I won 1 gold medal in the Equique.

01:16I lifted a weight of 275 kg,

01:19and I won 5 gold medals.

01:20275 kg?

01:21I lifted a weight of 52 kg.

01:22Sibyl, you tell us,

01:24how much did you lift?

01:25Yes, in the 52nd category,

01:27in the Classic, I won 4 gold medals,

01:29and in the Equique, I won 1 gold medal.

01:31Oh, and along with that, Sibyl?

01:35No, Twinkle?

01:37Yes, yes.

01:39In the Asian-African Combined Powerlifting,

01:43in the 84th category,

01:45I lifted a weight of 370 kg,

01:47and I won 5 gold medals.

01:48That means, Twinkle lifted the most weight.

01:51Yes.

01:52Is that so?

01:53So tell me,

01:54what is the mechanism of this training?

01:56Because you have different weight classes,

01:58you must be training in different ways.

02:00How do you push each other?

02:02Veronica, you tell us.

02:04Firstly, we are sisters.

02:07Our training pattern is that

02:10we train for 2 hours in the morning,

02:12and 4 hours in the evening.

02:14In the morning, we do cardio training,

02:17ground training,

02:19and in the evening, we do weight training.

02:22And our coach, Malik Rashid,

02:24has studied in China.

02:26He has come from China to Amphit,

02:28and he trains us.

02:30Okay.

02:31Sibyl, whenever people win an Oscar,

02:34or a medal,

02:36they dedicate it to their parents.

02:38You have dedicated it to

02:40Respected Benazir Bhutto,

02:42Maryam Nawaz Sharif,

02:43and the Prime Minister,

02:44Shahbaz Sharif.

02:45Is there a special reason for this?

02:47Yes, the special reason for this is

02:49that I have dedicated my medal

02:51to them.

02:52We started the Youth Festival in 2012,

02:55and we are a plant planted by them

02:57that is bearing fruit today.

02:59That's why I dedicated it to them.

03:01And I wanted them to

03:03do powerlifting

03:05and to support us as much as possible.

03:08Twinkle, tell us,

03:10this is such a matter,

03:13powerlifting,

03:15that you have to exercise,

03:17train, and lift weights.

03:19There are chances of injuries

03:21if something goes wrong.

03:23Have you ever faced an injury?

03:25Or how do you avoid injuries?

03:29In that, we especially try,

03:31first of all,

03:33our training is very hard.

03:35And we are very conscious

03:37about our training.

03:39In the morning, we give importance

03:41to fitness and cardio training.

03:43And in the evening,

03:45we improve our techniques

03:47and train in that.

03:49And in that,

03:51in a specific time,

03:53we don't receive anyone's call.

03:55And we try that our focus

03:57is on our event,

03:59on the fight of our event,

04:01on the total we are doing.

04:03And the chances of injury

04:05are very high.

04:07Because as soon as

04:09this mind and power game,

04:11as soon as our mind

04:13moves away from our training,

04:15the chances of injury will be high.

04:17That's why we try

04:19to keep our focus on our training.

04:21And as we are players,

04:23the injury of a player

04:25is also his jewellery.

04:27Okay.

04:29Veronica, siblings,

04:31rivalry,

04:33everyone goes through this phase.

04:35Whether we accept it or not,

04:37there is a little bit between us.

04:39Sometimes, if parents praise

04:41a brother or sister more,

04:43then there is a rivalry.

04:45So you go to competitions

04:47and participate.

04:49Is there a rivalry between you?

04:51Or do you overcome it?

04:53What do you do?

04:55No.

04:57We three sisters

04:59support each other a lot

05:01in training as well.

05:03And the point of the event

05:05is that all three of us

05:07have different body weight.

05:09So our main focus is

05:11that we love each other a lot.

05:13Mom and dad.

05:15And the other sister as well.

05:17So in our family,

05:19we don't love each other more or less.

05:21So dad and mom love each other equally.

05:23Okay.

05:25Now tell me,

05:27you said you have another sister.

05:29So all three of you came here.

05:31Did you fail to convince her?

05:33Or was she not interested at all?

05:35No.

05:37All four of us are world record holders.

05:39In 2018, we went to Dubai

05:41for the Asian Championships.

05:43We set a world record

05:45that all four of us

05:47are not good at any game.

05:49This is Pakistan's achievement.

05:51In 2018, we set a world record.

05:53In 2020, IPF

05:55approved us

05:57that we accept

05:59that all four of us are not good at any game.

06:01And in 2021,

06:03we got the Pride of Performance.

06:05Great.

06:07We are also proud

06:09that we won two gold medals

06:11and two bronze medals.

06:13Tell me,

06:15is there a special diet for this?

06:17Do you have to control your diet?

06:19Or do you have to eat more?

06:21Or do you have to choose?

06:23Is it a protein-based diet?

06:25Yes, absolutely.

06:27Our meals are made

06:29from a nutritionist's point of view.

06:31We have a diet plan

06:33in which we have to take 5-6 meals.

06:35We have to increase our weight.

06:37Their diet is different.

06:39I have to control my weight.

06:41My diet is different.

06:43We have to take different things.

06:45We have to take protein.

06:47Carbohydrate is very important for us.

06:49Along with that,

06:51we use eggs, juices, fruits,

06:53meat, nuts.

06:55Great.

06:57Obviously, in sports,

06:59diet matters a lot.

07:01Thank you so much.

07:03We pray that all three of you

07:05will make it to the world record.

07:07Your coach has requested it.

07:09In the future,

07:11you will make Pakistan proud.

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