Pakistani Weightlifter Talha Talib misses out on Olympic gold but a hero is born

[313ghazi]

Weightlifter Talha Talib on Sunday missed out on a rare Olympic medal for Pakistan but turned plenty of heads as Pakistan finally took notice of him.


The 21-year-old lifter from Gujranwala, making his Olympics debut, took part in the 67kg category and held the gold medal spot until the final round before eventually being bumped down and denied a podium finish.


In the end, he finished fifth as China's Lijun Chen, Colombia' Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano and Italy's Mirko Zani captured gold, silver and bronze respectively.


Talib's lift of 151kg in Snatch category was the second-best of the round. He failed in his first Clean & Jerk attempt of 166kg and even though he was successful for the same weight in his next attempt and also cleared 170kg later, his combined total of 320 was surpassed by others, including Zani, who lifted just 2kg more than Talib.



For a little while during Clean & Jerk, he was in the lead, giving his growing number of fans back home a glimmer of hope. Nonetheless, Talib's performance despite an obvious lack of resources turned him a hero as Twitterati showered him with praises and his name became the top Pakistani trend on the site.


Pakistan cricket team allrounder Shadab Khan said "Pakistan is proud of Talha Talib" as he urged "sponsors and sports administration to help athletes like Talha".


Pakistan Women's team member Javeria Khan said: "Win or lose, you have already made Pakistan proud."



Journalist Mehr Tarar let Talib know that "Pakistan is rooting for you."



Pakistan Super League franchise Islamabad United's General Manager Rehanul Haq shared an interesting bit about Talib.



TV anchor Gharidah Farooqi said that Talib's fifth-place finish was "no small feat given how this sports is neglected in Pakistan as compared to cricket".



Sports reporter Faizan Lakhani explained how Talib's journey was an against-the-odds story as "Talha wasn’t provided any special training programme even after his qualification."



Vetaran journalist Aalia Rasheed spoke for everyone as she tweeted: "Still proud of you Talha Talib!"



Test cricketer Azhar Ali said that Talib's performance "shows that if we invest more time and money into our athletes, they can do wonders".



Talib's journey to Tokyo Olympics was made possible after the International Olympic Committee accepted a request from the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) and offered the young lifter an invitation place in -67kgs category.

He has clinched medals in Commonwealth (bronze), South Asian Games (gold) and International Solidarity Weightlifting Championship (gold), according to POA.

'Still proud of you': Weightlifter Talha Talib misses out on Olympic gold but a hero is born

Twitter takes notice of 21-year-old lifter from Gujranwala after he occupies gold medal spot for a bit in 67kg event.

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Congratulations Talha. Hopefully the government will now take him seriiously and provide him sponsorship. He did all this whilst training in his dads house.

 

[ProudPak]

Only cricket ballerinas get money.
Look at all other sports...hockey mountaineers etc...they get ignored. Sad

 

[lightoftruth]

He won silver ? Or bronze ?

 

[bhola record]

He won silver ? Or bronze ?

Missed by two points his father who was the coach was not allowed to go with him.An official went with him.Still his performance won hearts.

 

[SoulSpokesman]

Good show! He has age on his side. Should make it in 2024

Regards

 

[313ghazi]

He won silver ? Or bronze ?

In the end he was 5th, but was in a gold medal position until the final lift.

It's pretty good for an amatuer without any state support or any sponsors or funding.

 

[Shazzad123]

Only cricket ballerinas get money.
Look at all other sports...hockey mountaineers etc...they get ignored. Sad

Well technically boxing is skyrocketing in Pakistan

So many promotion companies willing to promote fighters in America

Its not about neglect

The Pakistani government has no money and they hide the few rupees they have.

Even cricket players in Pakistan aren't paid much, they get $1 million a year if they're new and on the national team

 

[Nasr]

Weightlifter Talha Talib on Sunday missed out on a rare Olympic medal for Pakistan but turned plenty of heads as Pakistan finally took notice of him.


The 21-year-old lifter from Gujranwala, making his Olympics debut, took part in the 67kg category and held the gold medal spot until the final round before eventually being bumped down and denied a podium finish.


In the end, he finished fifth as China's Lijun Chen, Colombia' Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano and Italy's Mirko Zani captured gold, silver and bronze respectively.


Talib's lift of 151kg in Snatch category was the second-best of the round. He failed in his first Clean & Jerk attempt of 166kg and even though he was successful for the same weight in his next attempt and also cleared 170kg later, his combined total of 320 was surpassed by others, including Zani, who lifted just 2kg more than Talib.



For a little while during Clean & Jerk, he was in the lead, giving his growing number of fans back home a glimmer of hope. Nonetheless, Talib's performance despite an obvious lack of resources turned him a hero as Twitterati showered him with praises and his name became the top Pakistani trend on the site.


Pakistan cricket team allrounder Shadab Khan said "Pakistan is proud of Talha Talib" as he urged "sponsors and sports administration to help athletes like Talha".


Pakistan Women's team member Javeria Khan said: "Win or lose, you have already made Pakistan proud."



Journalist Mehr Tarar let Talib know that "Pakistan is rooting for you."



Pakistan Super League franchise Islamabad United's General Manager Rehanul Haq shared an interesting bit about Talib.



TV anchor Gharidah Farooqi said that Talib's fifth-place finish was "no small feat given how this sports is neglected in Pakistan as compared to cricket".



Sports reporter Faizan Lakhani explained how Talib's journey was an against-the-odds story as "Talha wasn’t provided any special training programme even after his qualification."



Vetaran journalist Aalia Rasheed spoke for everyone as she tweeted: "Still proud of you Talha Talib!"



Test cricketer Azhar Ali said that Talib's performance "shows that if we invest more time and money into our athletes, they can do wonders".



Talib's journey to Tokyo Olympics was made possible after the International Olympic Committee accepted a request from the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) and offered the young lifter an invitation place in -67kgs category.

He has clinched medals in Commonwealth (bronze), South Asian Games (gold) and International Solidarity Weightlifting Championship (gold), according to POA.

'Still proud of you': Weightlifter Talha Talib misses out on Olympic gold but a hero is born

Twitter takes notice of 21-year-old lifter from Gujranwala after he occupies gold medal spot for a bit in 67kg event.

www.dawn.com

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Congratulations Talha. Hopefully the government will now take him seriiously and provide him sponsorship. He did all this whilst training in his dads house.

There are many more medals to win and I pray that Allah Subhanahu Wata'aalah grants those Pakistanis who work hard and establish their Imaan, victory after victory after victory .... in-sha-Allah, Ameen.

 

[Shazzad123]

Weightlifter Talha Talib on Sunday missed out on a rare Olympic medal for Pakistan but turned plenty of heads as Pakistan finally took notice of him.


The 21-year-old lifter from Gujranwala, making his Olympics debut, took part in the 67kg category and held the gold medal spot until the final round before eventually being bumped down and denied a podium finish.


In the end, he finished fifth as China's Lijun Chen, Colombia' Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano and Italy's Mirko Zani captured gold, silver and bronze respectively.


Talib's lift of 151kg in Snatch category was the second-best of the round. He failed in his first Clean & Jerk attempt of 166kg and even though he was successful for the same weight in his next attempt and also cleared 170kg later, his combined total of 320 was surpassed by others, including Zani, who lifted just 2kg more than Talib.



For a little while during Clean & Jerk, he was in the lead, giving his growing number of fans back home a glimmer of hope. Nonetheless, Talib's performance despite an obvious lack of resources turned him a hero as Twitterati showered him with praises and his name became the top Pakistani trend on the site.


Pakistan cricket team allrounder Shadab Khan said "Pakistan is proud of Talha Talib" as he urged "sponsors and sports administration to help athletes like Talha".


Pakistan Women's team member Javeria Khan said: "Win or lose, you have already made Pakistan proud."



Journalist Mehr Tarar let Talib know that "Pakistan is rooting for you."



Pakistan Super League franchise Islamabad United's General Manager Rehanul Haq shared an interesting bit about Talib.



TV anchor Gharidah Farooqi said that Talib's fifth-place finish was "no small feat given how this sports is neglected in Pakistan as compared to cricket".



Sports reporter Faizan Lakhani explained how Talib's journey was an against-the-odds story as "Talha wasn’t provided any special training programme even after his qualification."



Vetaran journalist Aalia Rasheed spoke for everyone as she tweeted: "Still proud of you Talha Talib!"



Test cricketer Azhar Ali said that Talib's performance "shows that if we invest more time and money into our athletes, they can do wonders".



Talib's journey to Tokyo Olympics was made possible after the International Olympic Committee accepted a request from the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) and offered the young lifter an invitation place in -67kgs category.

He has clinched medals in Commonwealth (bronze), South Asian Games (gold) and International Solidarity Weightlifting Championship (gold), according to POA.

'Still proud of you': Weightlifter Talha Talib misses out on Olympic gold but a hero is born

Twitter takes notice of 21-year-old lifter from Gujranwala after he occupies gold medal spot for a bit in 67kg event.

www.dawn.com

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Congratulations Talha. Hopefully the government will now take him seriiously and provide him sponsorship. He did all this whilst training in his dads house.

This is why the only sport which will thrive in Pakistan is boxing now

The government has no money

No Pakistani will sponsor weightlifting because you can't make money off of it

The average cricket player makes $1 million on the national team

This is nothing compared to How much other athletes make.

Boxing is a sport where you can get sponsors from America or the UK if you're really good. Each fight is worth $15,000 and the PPV fights are worth $40 million for the world title

Pakistani sponsors can also make money from forming domestic fight competitions for people to come out and watch their boxers fight for their chance to fight in America if they're really good.

Then boxers have enough money to lift towns out of poverty in Pakistan

 

[bhola record]

This is why the only sport which will thrive in Pakistan is boxing now

The government has no money

No Pakistani will sponsor weightlifting because you can't make money off of it

The average cricket player makes $1 million on the national team

This is nothing compared to How much other athletes make.

Boxing is a sport where you can get sponsors from America or the UK if you're really good. Each fight is worth $15,000 and the PPV fights are worth $40 million for the world title

Pakistani sponsors can also make money from forming domestic fight competitions for people to come out and watch their boxers fight for their chance to fight in America if they're really good.

Then boxers have enough money to lift towns out of poverty in Pakistan

MMA also too bro.

 

[Shazzad123]

MMA also too bro.

Even the best UFC fighters like Khabib make peanuts.

The fight with Mayweather for McGregor was worth more than his whole MMA career in just the fight alone

No point in playing any sport unless people are making money and poverty is being lifted

Boxing is the only sport which can lift areas out of poverty

Also there is a large Pakistani community in Britain who is obsessed with boxing

There are Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia would pay to watch their fighters too

 

[Dark1]

Good effort by him but dont make him a hero for not getting a medal.
Learn from India. We made milkha singh a hero for finishing 4th in Olympics and then had to wait 50 years to get a individual gold.
In between we had other 4th placers like pt usha and others.
The sad part is he got more importance than ppl who actually got silvers and bronzes in individual capacity.
Dont be england who temporarily named a tube station after their coach for finishing 4th in the world cup.

 

[313ghazi]

Good effort by him but dont make him a hero for not getting a medal.
Learn from India. We made milkha singh a hero for finishing 4th in Olympics and then had to wait 50 years to get a individual gold.
In between we had other 4th placers like pt usha and others.
The sad part is he got more importance than ppl who actually got silvers and bronzes in individual capacity.
Dont be england who temporarily named a tube station after their coach for finishing 4th in the world cup.

I agree with the sentiment, but when you have people to do so well without any support from the state, often with hinderance from the state, at very least they ought to get a few moments of recognition.

Pakistan is not a poor country, we have a lot of money to spend on things we don't need. We waste a lot of money in government, we lose a lot of money through poor taxation and corruption. Better governance and providing a little support to people like him would go a long way.

Imagine if he had support to buy equipment, nutrition, to cover costs of travelling to tournaments to compete with the best. We might have had someone who could have got gold. We've had similar stories in the past, athletes who do really well but don't get basic funding from the state. Yet our cricket team is indulged.

 

[waz]

Weightlifter Talha Talib on Sunday missed out on a rare Olympic medal for Pakistan but turned plenty of heads as Pakistan finally took notice of him.


The 21-year-old lifter from Gujranwala, making his Olympics debut, took part in the 67kg category and held the gold medal spot until the final round before eventually being bumped down and denied a podium finish.


In the end, he finished fifth as China's Lijun Chen, Colombia' Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano and Italy's Mirko Zani captured gold, silver and bronze respectively.


Talib's lift of 151kg in Snatch category was the second-best of the round. He failed in his first Clean & Jerk attempt of 166kg and even though he was successful for the same weight in his next attempt and also cleared 170kg later, his combined total of 320 was surpassed by others, including Zani, who lifted just 2kg more than Talib.



For a little while during Clean & Jerk, he was in the lead, giving his growing number of fans back home a glimmer of hope. Nonetheless, Talib's performance despite an obvious lack of resources turned him a hero as Twitterati showered him with praises and his name became the top Pakistani trend on the site.


Pakistan cricket team allrounder Shadab Khan said "Pakistan is proud of Talha Talib" as he urged "sponsors and sports administration to help athletes like Talha".


Pakistan Women's team member Javeria Khan said: "Win or lose, you have already made Pakistan proud."



Journalist Mehr Tarar let Talib know that "Pakistan is rooting for you."



Pakistan Super League franchise Islamabad United's General Manager Rehanul Haq shared an interesting bit about Talib.



TV anchor Gharidah Farooqi said that Talib's fifth-place finish was "no small feat given how this sports is neglected in Pakistan as compared to cricket".



Sports reporter Faizan Lakhani explained how Talib's journey was an against-the-odds story as "Talha wasn’t provided any special training programme even after his qualification."



Vetaran journalist Aalia Rasheed spoke for everyone as she tweeted: "Still proud of you Talha Talib!"



Test cricketer Azhar Ali said that Talib's performance "shows that if we invest more time and money into our athletes, they can do wonders".



Talib's journey to Tokyo Olympics was made possible after the International Olympic Committee accepted a request from the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) and offered the young lifter an invitation place in -67kgs category.

He has clinched medals in Commonwealth (bronze), South Asian Games (gold) and International Solidarity Weightlifting Championship (gold), according to POA.

'Still proud of you': Weightlifter Talha Talib misses out on Olympic gold but a hero is born

Twitter takes notice of 21-year-old lifter from Gujranwala after he occupies gold medal spot for a bit in 67kg event.

www.dawn.com

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Congratulations Talha. Hopefully the government will now take him seriiously and provide him sponsorship. He did all this whilst training in his dads house.

Talha Talib was a lion, and did himself and nation proud.
But nothing will happen bro let's be honest. Sports which Pakistanis were and had good chances in years ago such as wrestling, weightlifting and boxing have been completely destroyed. There is no funding, no one in the governments in the past cared and no one will now.
F*cking cricket has taken up so many funds and just what are the results? Barely nothing.
Pakistani sportsman/women are by themselves. I'm not surprised many go it alone or go to another country.
A nation of 223 million people without any notable medal success is shameful beyond belief. Not due to lack of talent but no one could care less.

 

[313ghazi]

This is why the only sport which will thrive in Pakistan is boxing now

The government has no money

No Pakistani will sponsor weightlifting because you can't make money off of it

The average cricket player makes $1 million on the national team

This is nothing compared to How much other athletes make.

Boxing is a sport where you can get sponsors from America or the UK if you're really good. Each fight is worth $15,000 and the PPV fights are worth $40 million for the world title

Pakistani sponsors can also make money from forming domestic fight competitions for people to come out and watch their boxers fight for their chance to fight in America if they're really good.

Then boxers have enough money to lift towns out of poverty in Pakistan

They have money, they like to waste money. You're right that not all sports are a roaring commercial success, but there is no reason why people can't earn a salary at least from their own sports. Even in the UK many Olympians suffer with not enough funding - because of priorities.

Success in sport provides a feel good factor. Participation in sport creates healthy competition, discipline and opportunity to excel and have a moment in glory for people who otherwise might never have that.

It's not essential like food, shelter, clean water, but it's impact is a lot wider than the investment. Look at the UK for example. The mens football team got to the Euro's final - there was loads of positive energy, loads of spending, people having parties and barbeques, going out to pubs to watch the matches etc. It created short term economic opportunity as well as a feel good factor. It also got people associating with the national identity. You can't buy some that untangiable benefit.

We have a handful of Olympians, we could have had a couple of weeks of media interviews in the run up to the games, profiles of the athletes, back stories, all the channels could have aired their events live, could have been interviews afterwards - raise some interest in the sports etc. These are quick wins. Imagine if these guys could just 10,000Rs a month towards the cost of nutrition or equipment. it'd make a big difference for them.