elder to his brother and sister running the family with meager earnings as a tea and paan shop vendor has been a hardship for mahadev ananda sargar and his wife rajashreebut still when sanket showed interest in weightlifting as a 13yearold back in 2014 the parents never stopped him from chaisng his dreams even in trying circumstancesuski diet ke liye bahut pareshan tha was always worried about his diet said sankets father when asked how he managed his sons growing requirements while training for a power and endurance sport paristhiti naazuk thi hamari our financial condition was very brittle zyada paisa nahi milta chai ke dhande mei teen bache hai mera doosra beta aur chhoti ladki bhi padaai kartein hai i dont earn much from my tea business have three kids another son and a daughter are still studying sankets father mahadev told timesofindiacomsankets mother assists his father in the tea shopsankets father and mother mahadev ananda sargar and rajashree at their tea cart credit toi special arrangementsanket has been steadily climbing up the weightlifting world he soon turned into a weightlifting prodigy especially when he entered the 55kg category he stormed the 2020 khelo india university games as well as the youth games and hasnt looked back since the family had plans to watch sankets cwg competition at the digvijay institute of weightlifting an extension of the digvijay vyayamshala that sanket used to visit with his grandfathertaiyari vagarah kuchh nahi kiya humein to yahan chai ke thele pe baithna hota hai havent made any preparations to watch his match have to sit at my tea stall the father said on friday a day before the competition that happened today in birminghambut the parents pain until a day ago was much deeper and emotional than any gold medal miss can ever matchin fact his father broke down during the conversationdo saal se mile nahi we havent met him for two years he said as his voice choked amid tears do saal se bache ko nahi mile to zindagi mei kya hai havent met my child since two years what else is there in lifesanket trains at the national institute of sports in patialamahadev ananda sargar at his shop with customers credit toi special arrangementusske aage nahi rounga rone ka kya hai ke do saal se punjab mei hai na khali mobile pe dekhte hai usko wont cry in front of him but i cry because he is away can only see him on the phone he further shared with timesofindiacomsankets younger brother assists his parents in operating whatsapp for video chats or calls with sanketcelebrations at sangli district weightlifting association credit toi special arrangementmaine usko bola hamari paristhiti naazuk hai tum achha karo thoda koshish karo said sankets father when asked to share what conversation he has had with his sonwoh bola mai achha karunga naam kamaunga he promised he would do well make a name for himselfand sanket hasnt disappointed because the news is not that he missed the