Now not in most cases enact friendship and contention co-exist in sports. Especially if the contention we’re talking about is between India and Pakistan, which has constantly been extra of a spectacle, the put on-field motion will get drowned in opposition to the capability of toxicity and hatred.
Right here’s the put the camaraderie between Gurdeep Singh and Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt – weightlifters from two Punjabs on either facet of the Indo-Pak border – comes as a breath of contemporary air.
Gurdeep and Nooh were in motion at some stage within the men’s +109 kg weightlifting last at Commonwealth Games 2022, and each of them walked off with a medal.
Hardwork and dedication ends in excellent outcomes…right here’s what Gurdeep Singh has shown by winning the Bronze medal in weightlifting at the CWG. He has furthered the spirit of joy among our electorate. Congratulations and finest must him. pic.twitter.com/DoudsoAKEG
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 4, 2022
Gurdeep lifted a mixed complete of 390 kg to change into the first Indian to salvage a medal within the heavyweight class. He carried out a tidy and jerk strive of 223 kg, which is now a national file, and lifted 167 kg in snatch. If no longer for a wrist hassle that hampered his efficiency, Gurdeep would bear bagged a silver medal.
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Congratulations to the champions
Tejaswin Shankar and Gurdeep Singh for bringing laurels to the Nation by clinching Bronze!🥉 #CWG2022— Honeypreet Insan (@insan_honey) August 4, 2022
Nooh, within the period in-between, lived up to his reputation and lifted a whopping 405 Kg to determine the gold medal. Soon after his closing strive, he went shopping for his shut fair correct friend and bronze-medallist Gurdeep, and they posed for the camera.
Congratulations to our heroes Nooh Dastagir Butt and Shah Hussain on their excellent gold and bronze medal achievements in Commonwealth Games. With the factual give a decide to and lend a hand, sky is the limit for our athletes! Pakistan Zindabad! 🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/kXiMK4qmu9
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Later within the evening, the duo would meet again and jam to Sidhu Moose Wala’s songs, the singer from Punjab who was as soon as as of late shot to loss of life.
“Gurdeep and I even were ideal pals. After the gold, I first congratulated Gurdeep, and later we did a little celebration the put we danced to Moose Wala’s songs,” Nooh advised The Indian Teach.
Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt wins Pakistan’s first gold of the 2022 CWG within the men’s 109+kg weightlifting class with a complete of 405kg (172kg snatch + 232kg. 🇮🇳Gurdeep Dullet wins his first CWG bronze with a complete of 390kg (167kg + 223kg). David Liti of NZ will get silver with 394kg pic.twitter.com/YI3zkLgkPr
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Their friendship dates motivate to 2016, when they met for the first time within the junior championships. As a replace of musical preferences, they half a moderately similar tradition and talk the the same language. Nooh also revealed how enjoying Moose Wala’s songs helped him plot the factual tempo for the tra