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Leaving Her Four-year-old Daughter Behind, Pallavi Payeng Finishes On KITG Podium
The Khelo India Tribal Games: When Pallavi Payeng’s daughter was just six months old, the weightlifter had to make a difficult choice to either leave the sport she loved so much or sacrifice her time with her daughter and go back to training.
Her husband Sukhawon Thouwmung then agreed to pursue her dream while her mother offered to take care of the infant. Pallavi made all those sacrifice count as she bagged the silver medal in the women’s 69kg category at the inaugural Khelo India Tribal Games here.
Belonging to the Mising Tribe in Assam, Pallavi had begun her weightlifting journey in 2018 and steadily built a reputation by winning medals at the state championships. But the Covid-19 lockdown disrupted her progress. During that phase, life moved in a different direction as she embraced motherhood, but the desire to return to the weightlifting platform was still burning bright.
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