Laishram Sayon Metei

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2018

Gold at Khelo India School Games

February 9, 2018: The Times of India

WRESTLER, GOLD IN 50KG

In India, wrestling is synonymous with the northern states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, but now Laishram Sayon Metei has added Manipur to that list. He has become the first wrestler from the state to be noticed at the national level by winning the gold medal in the boys’ 50kg class Greco Roman competitions at the KISG. Hailing from a little village close to Imphal, Sayon has made a mark in a sport one would not associate Manipur with.

“My mother is a homemaker while my father is a farmer. That’s my family’s only source of income. I don’t want the sacrifices of my parents to go waste. The KISG scholarship will help me in continuing my training without putting a burden on them,” he said.