#the pains of having a competitive sportsman as a brother

[starpil0tblue]

i have a meatbun out to defrost and my brother came in asking what that is and i told him not to touch it.

anyway. i hear him say “boop!” and i just KNOW he touched my snack, anyone want a free brother–

[caravelle60]

[more calm] thoughts on FS...

This year’s mens event has been a shitstorm of heart attacks for me and I’ve finally calmed down [a bit]. Thoughts on Top 5 + more.

First things first... i dunno how much I can emphasize this but Yuzuru Hanyu... is a legend... I can’t believe he kept it all together with a calm smile while skating on painkillers. I can’t believe he said he wouldnt be skating without painkillers. THAT’s how bad it was... Wow. Ok I’m totally not over it. I’m always gonna be his fan, but I really want him to stop for a while and get some rest. :( He’s like a little brother that I don’t want to see get hurt, and seeing him in pain or hurt just kills me on the inside. (Although, his vibrant smile is the best i’ve seen in so long!). I sincerely hope he will recover and keep skating (rmbr 4A!), but if he must retire for his own happiness and well being, I’ll calmly support that (and cry a river while I’m at it). 

I’m also just... so sad about Javi leaving TCC. I’m happy that he’s happy, and wants to find his happiness, but wow, TCC wont be the same. I’m only praying for their reunion (the same way I’m praying for DB5K reunion hurrrrr). He’s such a soulful skater and I’m so blessed I got to see them skate 2016 worlds. I’m always going to have a video of SuperJavi saved somewhere... <3 <3 <3

Also... Nathan Chen... I’m sorry. I feel guilty for not liking him, and it’s completely not even his fault that I don’t. It’s completely the media’s fault. I think Nathan is such a great skater and an amazing sportsman with such a chill attitude. I greatly admire him as a person. I just HATE how much the media hyped him up. Now I’m not saying he didn’t deserve the attention, he did. And maybe its bc i work /in/ media, but the media play was horrendous. I saw certain news outlets calling him the “best skating’s ever seen”. No. He’s certainly on his way there, no doubt, but he’s not the best (yet) - he hasn’t broken the world record 12 times, nor did he break the double medal drought. Honestly tho felt that the pressure got to him though, and perhaps if he hadn’t had the words of so many sponsors and media outlets on his back, he would have done better. Who knows? He’s a phenomenal skater. Good luck, Nathan!

And SHoma.... why is he so cute..... ugh. I’m more recently a fan of his than I am of some others, but I saw him cry at Worlds 2016 and after that I just didn’t want this kid to ever cry again. He’s so precious and clueless and sleepy and it’s so cute. He’s a great skater too, but I stan him more so for the reason of him being adorable rather than skating skills wise whoops.

ALSO Boyang... He’s another skater I didn’t like right off the bat. Back in 2016 I looked at him and thought “ugh... who tf is this kid...” but my that’s changed...He’s so adorably nerdy! Gosh and he has many accomplishments too that media all over the world just conveniently don’t talk about. He’s been a gold medal favorite of mine since 2016 (relatively new as well), and I’m shocked/kind of upset that he wasn’t mentioned more for podium contention. He’s a great skater with a great personality and tons of medals for a track record.... :/

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST MISHA GE.

Misha GE is LIFE. He’s been through so many ups and downs in his career as well, and almost quit last year. I’m so glad he didnt quit, because this season’s performances were just so beautiful and touching. Also been a fan of his since 2014 - when I found out he liked kpop (hehe). His artistry is up there with the greats, and I’m so excited to see how far he’ll go as a choreographer - he’s already choreographed for BIG names, and I know he can go to the stars with this! He’s also friends with like, everyone, which shows how great of a personality he has. Plus, the (now) traditional selfie he takes every competition is what I wait for every time <3. Pretty sure his competitive skating career is done (or will be soon), but I really really wish him a successful choreo career. <3 

OK SORRY END RANT. 

[salesmandiary]

Murlikant Petkar

Starting Blog with some question ?????

    Do you know Mr. Murlikant Petkar or Have you ever heard about him ????? ( If not Don’t worry you’ll know each & every detail about him in Few Months, A Biopic is planned on His life & Sushant Singh Rajput is playing lead)

    Who is first person who won Individual Gold Medal in any Form of Olympics ???? Sadly many of us don’t know about, some may say Abhinav Bindra & in Paralympics Mr. Devendra Jhajharia who won recently last year.

    Many of us don’t know about Mr. Murlikant Petkar, I was also not aware till I saw one old Interview of Rahul Dravid where he mentioned his Name & shared some glimpse about his life. I am surprise why Movie is not been made on his Life, If you read his life story it will have all elements.

He has shared his life journey with Mr. Sanjay Mishra & is available in book Courage beyond Compare.

Here I am sharing few glimpse of His Life Journey.

He is born in 1947 in Islampur Village in Maharashtra’s Sangali District.

    From childhood he was interested in Sports from Hockey, football, to rural sports like gilli- danda, kabaddi, kho kho etc. Satara belt is famous for Wrestling & joined local akhada which was run by Ganpat Rao Khedkar. He was enjoying in Training & wanted to become professional Wrestler at that time his age was only 12 Years old. But Life took an amazing Turn (according to him it was amazing)

    Murli took part in Exhibition Bout in Local Dangal ( Now we all know what Dangal is) & competed against Shivaji Patil ( Son of Headman of Village where Dangal was taking place) but it became competitive & he defeated Shivaji convincingly.

    Someone in the crowd shouted Khedkar deliberately trained Murli to defeat Shivaji so that Headman of Village looks small in front of whole Village & even turned ugly & crowd started braying for blood of Murli. Khedkar assessing the situation ran away towards Highway. Murli took lift in Truck & landed in Pune where he hardly knows any one.

    Next day morning he went to one of his relative & stays at his place for a week, after a week his uncle took him to local Army recruitment Centre, on same day he was made to be part of the Boys Battalion of Army & at 4 pm he was put to train to Bangalore. Year was 1960, He was just 12 Years old not even Teenager.

    Within a year or so he became really good at Hockey & scored many goals for his battalion. He was dropped twice from Karnataka team because He was Maratha boy & they wanted local boy from Karnataka. Upset with this treatment he vowed never to play hockey again & started taking interest in martial arts, boxing & hand to hand combat training. His favourite sport was boxing because there either your teeth got broke or you broke opponent’s teeth, No Bhaigiri as in Hockey. He was so good at it that very soon he won all major Tournaments & was selected to represent to Indian Army at the International Service Sports meet to be held in Tokyo. He went to the Final of event where he faced boy from Uganda who hit him so hard in second round that He was knocked out for two days but he learnt a lot from that Trip & continued to play in nationals & won Tournaments.

    The General Officer Commanding Southern Command was sportsman himself & was very happy with National Title Murli won for his Command. As a reward he was asked to go on Trip sponsored by the Army & he asked to go to Kashmir. This one decision was to change Murli’s life yet again totally & in the most dramatic fashion.

    Along with ten other boys Murli landed in Kashmir & transferred to the 108 Gurkha regiment. He visited few places. On his tenth day every one heard long wail of Siren which was actually war siren announcing unprovoked attack by Pakistan Air Force (PAF). Gurkha Regiment was so closed to Border & was a priority target for the PAF. Many soldiers died on the spot. Their Leader Halvinder Gurung Thapa immediately ordered to battalion along with Murli to take defensive position to the front of Sialkot.

    In a firing from top from Pakistani Force he was hit by nine bullets. One bounced of his skull fracturing it, one skid past his right cheekbone dampening his eye. One hit his spine & lodged there, while one went through the shoulder. Both thighs were hit and both calves as well. The impact of bullets was such that he was thrown from his position to the road below and there an army jeep passing by could not stop in time & went over my leg. He screamed in pain & lost consciousness thereafter.

    His condition was so bad that he had been shifted from one hospital to another and landed in Delhi after some seventeen months. He had lost his memory and did not remember his own name.

    One day he was lying at the edge of his bed & got knocked off the bed and hit his head hard on the floor. Unbelievably and in true Bollywood style, he suddenly regained his memory & remembered everything and he was informed that he was 95% paralyzed & no control on urination & bowl movement & wheelchair bound for Life. He was just nineteen years old at that time & undergone seven major surgeries & one bullet still lodged in his spine which Doctor refused to remove for the danger it would pose to the spinal cord. On his request he was shifted to Maharashtra & shifted to INS Ashwini – Navy’s premium Hospital in Mumbai. This was going to change in his life big way.

    At INS Ashwini he fell into a daily schedule which saw him swimming and playing other sports like shot put, archery, table tennis, javelin etc, Swimming was basically a therapy to strengthen his back & shoulders.

    Somewhere in middle of 1967 he finally meets his parents who came along with his Elder brother. They were aghast seeing his condition. His father & brother were shell shocked and didn’t talk with him at first. He told them that he was now thinking of leaving Army as it had no place for a handicapped Soldier & he would like to join school back home, educate himself & try to be earning member, His brother said no one can take care of you as he had no control on his bowl moment & he would be burden on family because he is Langda, His father kept quite & mother kept crying. He was so hurt with this outburst.

    He was so disturbed with the event he decided to commit suicide by swallowing lots of sleeping pills, On the day when he decided to end his life Hospital sweeper came running to him & ask for 10 rupees to play Matka (Gambling), Sweeper requested him to also play. He agreed & gives Rs. 100 instead of Rs. 10 to sweeper & another 100 from his side for gambling & asked to put money on One Number more than sweeper.

    He gulped Sleeping pills along with Alcohol but destiny took another turn he didn’t died of it & vomited next day morning till his stomach was empty. At around 9 AM sweeper came screaming with joy along with someone to his room & informed him that he ( Murlikant) had won Rs. 40,000/- in Gambling. He was stunned & didn’t know how to react & to his surprise first time after long time he felt sensation and need to urinate. He donated all money to National Association of Blind.

    After giving away all money he decided to start his new life & decided to do well in sports. With help of his coach Jawahar & Vijay Merchant Trust he started Swimming at Navy pool in Colaba, with nothing else to do whole day he started playing archery, shot put, javelin, table tennis, wheel chair racing etc.

    He started playing in competitive paraplegic events & won Gold Medal in archery, table tennis, Shot put, discus throw, javelin throw & weight lifting in State Championship. He won four Gold Medals in National Paraplegic Games between 1968 to 1973. Realising his potential Coach Jawahar thought he could be medal Winners at International Event. He started Training,

    He took part in 1969 Stoke Mendeville International Paraplegic Meet, He entered in fifty meter freestyle swimming & shot put, & won very first International Gold medal for India in Paraplegic Games & medal was given by Queen Elizabeth. Same year he went to Mexico & also won Gold Medal there in Swimming.

    He was qualified for 50 meter free style swimming; javelin & shot put throw in 1970 Commonwealth Games. Broke Commonwealth Game Record & won Gold Medal in Swimming, Silver in javelin throw & Bronze in Shot put. In 1971 Stoke Mendeville International Paraplegic Meet he once again won Gold in Swimming & Silver in Javelined throw.

    Than he started preparing for 1972 Paralympic Games which were to be held immediately after Munich Olympics. He reached to the Finals in Swimming & made India proud by Winning India’s first ever Individual Gold Medal & set new World Record. No one has come so far one Individual Gold Medal either abled or disabled Olympics.

    A few months later he decided to leave the Army & later joined TELCO but continued playing National & International Meets. From 1973 to 1984 he continued to dominate.

    Winner of Gold Medal at Asian, Commonwealth & Paralympic Games from India, you might be thinking he has won all rewards & recognitions but He was recommended for Arjuna Award for 1973, 1974 & 1975, But for unknown reason He was denied with Arjuna Award. He was even overlooked for Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. In 1974 he was allotted some Land by Government of Maharashtra which was later taken back by Government.

    So even after bringing so much Pride & Glory to country sadly we as a Country couldn’t give respect he undoubtedly deserved. We even don’t know who he is. But we all will definitely know him once Movie will be released.

He is definitely unsung Hero & his life story will definitely inspire us.

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