Pooja

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2018

Gold at Khelo India School Games

February 9, 2018: The Times of India

GOLD IN SHOT PUT AND DISCUS

Haryana’s Pooja clinched two gold medals in the shot put (12.88m) and discus throw (41.01m) events for girls at the KISG, following in the footsteps of champion women throwers coming out of her state.

It all started in Charkhi, Haryana, for this 9th standard student of the Government Girls Senior Secondary School when she got inspired by her sister who was a javelin thrower. However, unlike her sister, she started with discus before taking up shot put as well. For Pooja, two-time Olympic and World champion, Sandra Perkovic, is the inspiration. She wants to emulate the 27-year-old Croatian.

“I want to make it big like her. She has been a real star for me. The KISG is a stepping stone, the platform which has put me on course for realising my dreams. This scholarship of Rs 5 lakh would be of immense help,” she said.