Karnam Malleswari, first woman in the history of Indian Olympics to win a medal in 1995, in Kargil

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Indian weightlifter Karnam Malleswari dedicates her Olympic medal to Martyrs of Kargil. She wants to continue her career as a weightlifter. Karnam Malleswari speaks about her victory in Olympic. She says, " If my country wants me to continue my game then I'll do it. I want to start an academy so that I can prepare some good weightlifters" She won the medal in World championship in 1994 and again in Olympic in 1995. Indian Boxer Gurcharan Singh lost the game in Semifinals but according to him, he believes on his hard work and dedication. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow