Vivek Sharma13 minutes ago
Weight lifter Vikas Thakur, who won India a silver medal in the ongoing Commonwealth Games (CWG-2022) in Birmingham, England, is a big fan of Sidhu Musewala. This can be gauged from the fact that during the medal ceremony, Vikas Thakur celebrated the victory by slapping in the style of Moosewala.
Did not eat food for three days after the death of Musewala
Vikas Thakur’s father Brijrat tells that Vikas is a big fan of Sidhu Moosewala. He has been listening more to his songs. The day Musewala was killed, he was very disappointed and at least for 3 days Vikas did not even eat food. Even today, when Vikas has won the silver medal, he celebrated this victory by remembering him by slapping on the thigh in the style of Moosewala.
Completed hat-trick in Commonwealth Games
Vikas Thakur has completed his hat-trick in the Commonwealth Games. Along with this, the promise made to the mother was also fulfilled. Vikas Thakur had promised his mother that the final would be held on her mother’s birthday and on the same day Vikas fulfilled her wish by putting a medal in the bag of mother Asha Thakur. Vikas had earlier won silver in 2014, bronze in 2018 and now brought laurels to the family and country by winning silver medal in 2022.
Punjab government congratulated the family
Seeing the excellent performance of Vikas Thakur in the Commonwealth Games, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann tweeted and congratulated Vikas Thakur and his family. This congratulation is on tweet only. No politician from Punjab called or met Vikas Thakur’s father to congratulate him. At the same time, the family says that the Prime Minister of the country has congratulated the players by talking to them on a video call. This has boosted the spirits of the players.
Seeing the son’s gift, the mother’s tears spilled
Vikas Thakur gave a birthday gift to mother Asha Thakur by winning a medal on her birthday. Seeing the gift of the son, the mother was in tears. He said that he is very proud of the development. The only thing I told my son was to just bring me a medal on my birthday, no matter what, and he gave it to me. The development has been of a very soft nature from the very beginning. Since childhood, he has a passion to do something different from people.
congratulators thronged
Vikas Thakur’s mother Asha Thakur told that as soon as Vikas gave his best performance in the final match today, the whole family jumped with joy. The whole family sat together and watched the match. After the victory, neighbors also came home and congratulated him and had a lot of fun. Today is the festival of Diwali for the family. The whole house is lit up on the victory of development. Congratulatory calls are coming continuously. Sweets are also distributed in the neighbourhood.
Family living on Jalandhar Road in Ludhiana
Vikas Thakur’s father Brijraj Thakur serves in the Railways. Mother Asha Thakur is a housewife. Abhilasha Vikas’s younger sister is a lawyer. The family resides in Eldeco Homes near Jalandhar Bypass in Ludhiana. The education of development has come from Punjab itself. Vikas did his schooling from Nowharia Mall Jain School, Bharat Nagar Chowk, Cemetery Road. 12th in PAU and SDP School. He did his college studies at Khalsa College.
Himachal did not have facilities then Punjab came
According to Vikas Thakur’s mother Asha Thakur, he is originally from Patnaun village of Toni Devi tehsil of Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh. There were no special facilities in Himachal. His dream was that both the children should get a good education. Therefore, seeing the future of the children, they left Himachal and shifted to Punjab. Vikas grew up in the Railway Colony of Ludhiana. He grew up playing with the kids there.
Started practice from the age of 7
Vikas Thakur’s father Brijraj tells that Vikas was 3 years old, when he came to Punjab from Himachal. He was fond of sports since childhood. The family also wanted him to pursue a career in sports. Instead of going for group games, Vikas was asked to go for individual games. Earlier Vikas had to go into boxing, but due to no good coach in Ludhiana, he had to go into weightlifting. Took training in weightlifting in Ludhiana club.
Starting practice from home
Brijraj explains that whenever Vikas used to refuse someone for housework, he only used to tell him that if you do not work then it does not matter, you stop going to the club from tomorrow and then Vikas used to do all the work. I started the practice of development from home. He brought a weight of 70 kg at home. At the same time, Parvesh Sharma, who was a coach in Ludhiana, also made him work very hard. The result of that hard work is in front of everyone today.
Other members of the family sweeten the mouth of Vikas’s mother by feeding them sweets.
Vikas sets new record
Father Brijraj told that today Vikas has made a new record with a hat-trick. From 2014 to 2022, by winning two silver medals and one bronze medal, India’s youth power has been waved in the world. Vikas was the champion in India for 9 times. 35 tours have been arranged by the Government of India abroad. He has brought medals for the country on every tour. Vikas had put 198 weights to break his record of 197 today, but the record was not broken.
government’s support
Father Brijraj says that the Punjab government has given full support to the development. He has been playing for Punjab since 2011. In Patiala, complete facilities like medical, coaching etc. are available. There were camps in England for the last two months, so the government had sent them. Vikas is so attached to sports that he does not attend any kinship marriage ceremony. He believes that if he stays away from practice for 4 to 5 days, then he will go back 1 month.