"Under Pressure": Gururaja Poojary Reveals Motivation For CWG Bronze
Weightlifter Gururaja Poojary won bronze in the men's 61kg category on Saturday. Speaking to NDTV, the 29-year-old revealed that he was under pressure going into his final lift, but motivated himself by telling himself that he had to do well to win a medal for India. Gururaja lifted a total of 269kg, just 1 kg more than Canada's Youri Simard, who gave him a run for his money. "I was under pressure after lifting 148kg, as he had a 1kg lead. '151kg will get a medal, otherwise I won't win a medal for the country' -- I had to think like this and put it in my head that if I have to do anything, I'll have to lift this and show the world," Gururaja told NDTV.
