From "Serving Tea To Customers" To Commonwealth Games Silver: Coach On Sanket Sargar's Journey
The better part of Sanket Sargar's adolescent years were spent trying to strike a balance between waking up at the crack of dawn to serve tea at his father's 'paan' shop and find time for training and studying. Sargar's is the quintessential Indian sports' story of struggle and success. The 21-year-old weightlifter would wake up at 5:30am each morning, beginning his day by serving tea to customers at his father's 'tapri' in Sangli, a small city in Maharashtra. He would then head for training, study during the day, return for a second shift at the shop where he would prepare 'paan' for the customers. He would hit the gym in the evening to enhance fitness and build power.
