during the recently concluded commonwealth games cwg 2022 randeep hooda was seen constantly cheering on the athletes and the winners on social media hekeenly followed the various matches and indias performance at the sporting event held in birminghamit gives me great satisfaction to see our sportspersons do so well this time around we got a lot of medals in various new sports especially in athletics which is a very tough discipline says randeep congratulating the athletes who ensured india grabbed the fourth spot on the list of countries with the maximum number of medals this yearread alsojust in hansal mehta to make a biopic on chef sanjeev kapoorthe latter spills the beans on the project which is set to roll soonproud of the talent coming from various states of india as well as his home state haryana an overjoyedrandeep says athletes from haryana have always done well in sports sports is a part of the culture there people start participating in various sports at a young age so its a little bit of genetics and a lot of hard workthe actor who studied at motilal nehru school of sports in rai is a sportsman himself randeep says that he has seen the trials and tribulations that sportspersons face right from his childhood i know the discipline and the hard work that they put in you do very well in one competition and as a result people get to know you and then you face the burden of expectations you have to live up to their expectations in their sporting career athletes have to deal with injuries toorandeep who participates in equestrian events like show jumping and dressage has won several medals in the national equestrian championship over the years he has battled severe injuries but he has never let the pain deter him reflecting on the process of suffering injuries recovering from them and regaining form postrecovery he stresses on how it is important to stand by the players not only during their highs but also their lows he opines we clap when our players win medals and make us proud but we should be there for them through their journey especially when they fail get injured or do not live up to their potential during situations like these if we support them emotionally financially or in any other way it will give them a big boost i think it is already happening a lot of help is being given to themrandeep hooda and neeraj choprathe highway actor has always gone out of his way to stand by the players that make india proud last year he met and congratulated the tokyo olympics gold medalist and javelin thrower neeraj chopra this year randeep along with entrepreneur and philanthropist jay patel sponsored ice skater vishwaraj jadeja who will represent india at world cup 2022 for long track speed skating i can only be a facilitator or someone who encourages athletes in vishwarajs case his sport is very different and there was