Kiran Pahal recalls the moment India secured Asian games Gold in the 4x400m relay final
Sir, there is so much excitement. I haven't even spoken to my family yet, and there are still a lot of things left to do. I have so much excitement that I can't even express it. Even now, I feel like it's a dream.
What was going on in your mind at that time when you were running, what was running through your mind?
When we had run separately at that time.
I just had this in mind: if I pass the baton well, if our baton exchange is good and we hand it over to the lead, then we will definitely win gold. The biggest thing in my mind was that if we stand on the podium, we will have our gold, our national anthem will be played, and that was what I was excited about.
So, what is the feeling of the nation's pride?
I was crying inside, like full-on crying, because it was my first time. I mean, I participated in the Olympics in 2024 before, but this was my first, and that too with a gold medal, so I am extremely happy about it.
Madam, who would you like to dedicate this to? Would you like to say something?
would like to dedicate the medal to my Federation, the Athletic Federation of India, my Government, my family, and my coach.
And how will you celebrate, because you guys must have left a lot of things behind, including food and drinks. If there is food and drinks, what all do you do?
Nothing is confirmed yet, but we will celebrate with a lot of pomp.
After coming
And talked to Shamli too, it comes.
Haven't talked just now because we don't have the phone with us right now.
How much of a big support Sai has been, how much Sai has supported us.
Maximum Sai's support has been for our federation, our government, and as you know, coaches, our doctors, physiotherapists, everyone together supported us then we achieved a gold.
The weather today was challenging and the weather challenged you guys that it is raining continuously here. A little more challenge, and when the event is going on, there is also continuous heavy rain, so this was a challenge.
Yes, it wasn't that much of a problem because we continued our training camp which was set up in Poland, it was raining continuously there too. Then we were in scuba too, it was raining continuously there too. We managed because we were training in this.
