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.