: She is very strong: Shaili Singh on her mother’s role in her journey to U20 Athletics Worlds silver #IndiaNEWS Shaili Singh’s progress as an athlete has a lot to do with her coach Robert Bobby

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She is very strong: Shaili Singh on her mother’s role in her journey to U20 Athletics Worlds silver #IndiaNEWS
Shaili Singh’s progress as an athlete has a lot to do with her coach Robert Bobby George but it was her “strong and determined� mother who helped her daughter take the first big leap when she sent her to Bengaluru for training, much against the advise of well-wishers.The 17-year-old Shaili was raised by her mother with great difficulty at a village near Parichha Thermal Power Station in Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.Her mother Vinitha works as a tailor to feed her three children and pays around Rs 3000 per month as rent for the two-room accommodation.“I faced a lot of problems when I started (athletics), regarding diet and many other things,� Shaili said at a felicitation function for the Indian athletes who won medals at the World U-20 Championships in Nairobi.“When Anju ma’am called me to train to Bengaluru, many people in our place told my mother why are you sending your daughter alone to a city. But she told them ‘she is my daughter, I know her and I am sending her’.“My mother is very strong and determined. As I grew up under her care, I got a lot of confidence and things became easier for me,� said Shaili .Shaili, who jumped 6.59m to win...Read more

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