Supermom Bhavna Tokekar's Big Win

Recently, sprinter, Hima Das bagged four gold medals and made our country proud. While wrestler Vinesh Phogat gave a power-packed fight against her Russian opponent at the Yasar Dogu International and won gold. Now we have got another reason to be delighted. Meet Bhavna Tokekar who bagged four gold medals at the Open Asian Powerlifting Championship which was held in Russia. Bhavna achieved this commendable feat at the age of 47 and she was introduced to weight-lifting when she was 41. Bhavna is a mother of two teenagers and today she stands as an inspiration for all the mothers out there. Wife of an IAF fighter pilot, Bhavna learned about improving strength through weight training when the IAF bodybuilding team told her about the same. And that’s when she started her weight training journey. In a conversation with Hindustan Times, Bhavna spoke about the myths related to weight training as she said: “There are many myths surrounding bodybuilding, weight lifting and other strength sports, especially related to women like it is meant only for young people and that it makes the body bulky. I started training initially when I was 41, but I wanted to be sure of it since I didn’t want to injure myself or do the wrong technique since weight lifting is not popular here.” Bhavna’s laudable achievement tells us that each one of us has the ability to achieve our dreams. But for that our passion must stay intact. Age should never be the reason to hold back because it is nothing but just a number.