Shaili Singh: India’s New Long Jump Hope

This 17-year-old from a humble background is now jumping to glory in the international arena. Meet long jumper Shaili Singh..

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00:00We went for the gold. I did my best, but looking at the other players, I felt the competition would be better.

00:30In the long term, we'll just go and enjoy the sand.

00:59We enjoyed it a lot because we've always played in the sand.

01:03We were not afraid of getting hurt.

01:09Before that, we went to the hostel, but we didn't think that we would play in the national team or the state team.

01:39My mother and sister have given me a lot to get out of that place.

01:55If the performance gets down at this place, then sir motivates me.

02:00The speaker is the most important. If not him, then I don't think so.

02:09If you want to stay here, then it's not like that. If you go out, you can go a long way.