Sanket Sargar

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Sanket Mahadev Sargar is an Indian weightlifter who holds the national and Commonwealth record of 256 kg in the mens 55 kg weight class. He won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with a total lift of 248 kg.Sanket Sargar belongs to a family with humble background with tea seller parents. In an interview, his father said, I used to tell him that my father used to sell bananas and I sell tea and pakoda. So dream big..When Sanket started training he had a hectic schedule. In an interview, while describing his routine he said, While I started weight-lifting training, I also had to help him at the tea stall. My day would start at 6am at the shop, where I would prepare the items for the day before going for my training. After school, I would manage the paan joint also..In 2017, he started training under coach Mayur Sinhasane, Nana Sinhasanes son.Sanket first dreamt about winning a Commonwealth Games medal when he saw Gururaja Poojary winning a silver medal in the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on TV while managing the tea stall.When the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted Sankets training, Mayur sent him a barbell and squat set to train at home. As Sanket used to train on the first floor, he had to do it cautiously. However, he suffered a back injury at that time.In an interview, he revealed that he had entertained thoughts of quitting the sport during the lockdown due to the familys shutdown business and his back injury. He said, It was a time (lockdown) when I thought about quitting the sport. There was almost no business at my fathers tea-stall and the practice at home meant that I suffered a back injury. But my father kept motivating me by showing old newspaper clips of my medal winning performances..Before he joined the national weightlifting camp in Patiala, Sargar lent his parents a hand in running the family-owned tea stall in Sangli, Maharashtra.At the national camp, he trained under Vijay Sharma and Olympic silver medalist Mirabai Chanu.During his third attempt in clean and jerk at Commonwealth Games 2022, Sanket tried to lift a weight of 139 kg, but he failed to do so and suffered an injury on his right hand. However, he secured a silver medal, becoming Indias first medallist at CWG 2022. Sanket Mahadev Sargar wearing his silver medal and an arm sling for his right arm injury at Commonwealth Games 2022.