New Delhi. Indian players have been witnessing an exciting performance in the Commonwealth Games since the early days. One day Indian players are dropping medals in the country’s bag. In this sequence, a day earlier i.e. on Tuesday, good news came out for India from the Commonwealth Games. The Indian women’s team created history here on Tuesday. The women’s team won the gold medal in lawn ball competition. Let us tell you here that for the first time in the history of Commonwealth Games, India has won any medal in this game. In this game against South Africa, the Indian women’s team won 17-10.
Tuesday’s day has also been special because gold fell in India’s bag from the game which very few people know. Very few of you must have known about this game (lawn balls). In this game, four women from different backgrounds have brought laurels to the country. Whose names are Lovely Choubey, Roopa Rani Tirkey, Pinky and Nayanmoni Sakia. So let’s know some special things about them…
Lovely Choubey- 42-year-old Lovely Choubey is from Ranchi, Jharkhand. Coming from a middle class family, Lovely’s father was posted as an employee in Coal India, which is now retired. At the same time, Lovely Choubey’s mother is a householder. Presently Lovely is a constable in Jharkhand Police. In 2008, Lovely participated in the Lawn Balls Nationals for the first time and won the gold medal at that time too. Lovely is also the leader of this team.
Nayanmoni Sakia- Nayanmoni Sakia was born in Golaghat, Assam and is the daughter of a farmer. Nayanmoni Sakia’s mother took care of her love for sports since childhood. Nayanmoni started his professional career in weightlifting in the year 2008, however he had to retire from the sport due to a leg injury. Nayanmoni Sakia has been working in the Forest Department of Assam since the year 2011.
Pinki- Pinky was born in Delhi. He holds a sports degree from Delhi University. She works as a physical education teacher in a school in the capital Delhi. While Pinky grows up in Delhi Public School, she first came to know about lawn balls. It was prepared here for the Commonwealth Games 2010, since then Pinky started getting interested in lawn ball game and today she has brought gold in this game for India.
Roopa Rani Tirkey- Rupa Rani Tirkey, who hails from Ranchi, Jharkhand, is the District Sports Officer in the state government. She has participated in three Commonwealth Games for the country. This includes the Commonwealth Games 2022 of the years 2010, 2018 and 2022. Earlier in the year 2009 also Roopa Rani had won the gold medal.