Why Nooh Dastgir Butt's Didn't Participate in Paris Olympics? Shocking Revelation

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00:00Weightlifter gold medalist Nu Dastagir Bhatt has joined us.

00:03Let's talk to him.

00:04Nu, Assalam-o-Alaikum.

00:05Thank you very much for your time.

00:07First of all, I would like to know,

00:08the biggest event of sports, the Olympics, is starting tomorrow.

00:11Only 7 athletes from Pakistan are participating in it.

00:15The world is moving so much forward in sports,

00:18and I don't know why we are moving backwards.

00:20What would you say?

00:22Yes, I think the world has definitely moved forward in technology.

00:25But, Alhamdulillah,

00:27we were not less in terms of hard work.

00:29We defeated 72 countries in the Commonwealth Games.

00:33And I defeated 7-8 countries in the South Asian Games.

00:37And I am also the junior world champion,

00:39in which I won the Olympic silver medalist

00:41and the world silver medalist,

00:43which I have already beaten.

00:45And the Commonwealth Games,

00:48which I defeated the New Zealand player,

00:51he is qualifying for the Olympics.

00:54And he is also participating.

00:56But I am not doing it.

00:58Just because of Pakistan,

01:02I have not been able to go to any qualifying event,

01:05nor have I been sent.

01:07They should have made me participate

01:10for international training or qualifying events

01:12after the Commonwealth Games,

01:14so that I could qualify for the Olympics

01:17and become a medalist for Pakistan.

01:20Okay, Anu, you also talked about yourself,

01:22so I would like to know

01:23what difficulties you faced in your career

01:26and what is the biggest honor for an athlete?

01:30The biggest difficulty for me right now

01:33is our own sports institutions in Pakistan,

01:35who have neither sent me to qualify for the Olympics

01:39nor have I been given an international platform

01:42for two years,

01:43that I should go to an international level

01:45and participate and qualify for the Olympics.

01:48But I can only appeal to the government

01:52to at least give me an international platform

01:55where I can participate

01:57and qualify for the Olympics.

02:01For the upcoming events,

02:02the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games,

02:04I should qualify for them

02:05and become a medalist for Pakistan.

02:08And the biggest honor for an athlete

02:11is that he represents his country at the international level.

02:15And not only does he represent his country,

02:17but he also wins medals for his country.

02:19Because many nations stand for your national anthem,

02:22for your flag,

02:23so there can't be a more proud moment in your life.

02:26Tell me, you made Pakistan proud,

02:29you won medals,

02:30and after you came,

02:31it seemed like you would go further in weightlifting,

02:34but that didn't happen.

02:35What is the reason?

02:37See, we, alhamdulillah,

02:39my family,

02:41we are putting in as much effort as we can,

02:43and we will continue to do so, inshallah.

02:45We have won medals in the Commonwealth Games,

02:47the Junior World Games,

02:48and the South Asian Games

02:49for Pakistan.

02:51And we are very confident

02:53that in the next Asian Games

02:55and Olympics,

02:56we can win medals for Pakistan.

02:58But if I am not allowed to play,

03:02if I am not allowed to sell,

03:04then I may not win any medals for Pakistan.

03:07Now, the last question,

03:08what is your appeal to the government?

03:11I think there should be a selection on merit.

03:14If a player is going to the international level,

03:16then he should go on merit.

03:18And there should be justice for every player.

03:20Because if there is no justice,

03:22then I think,

03:24the situation of cricket, squash,

03:26and hockey,

03:28and I think that in the near future,

03:30the situation of weightlifting will also be the same,

03:32that in weightlifting,

03:34the medals that Pakistan has won in the last 4-5 years,

03:36I think they will also stop coming.

03:38Thank you very much, Noor Dastgir Butt,

03:40for being with us.

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