21 year old Talha Talib may have not won a medal but he surely won over millions of hearts. Talha made his Olympics debut in Tokyo this year and came 5th in the 67kg category. Talha comes from Gujranwala and has previously win medals in the Commonwealth games as well as the South Asian games.
Many notable personalities took to Twitter to congratulate him also highlighting how an increase in the funds for training could help him better his skills.
Mohammad Hafeez wrote” Your Ur passion & hard work leads u to be a Achiever. Congratulations #TalhaTalib # U made Pakistan proud. Ppl or federations not supporting Athletes like u by not providing necessary facilities should be accountable.”
https://twitter.com/MHafeez22/status/1419335581507768341?s=20
Shireen Mazari also took to Twitter and said “You did the nation proud even tho we let you down by providing little institutional support. POA & other bodies need total overhaul. Sports federations need professionals to run them not retired civil/mly bureaucrats. Sports needs restructuring in Pak out of the hands of babus.”
https://twitter.com/ShireenMazari1/status/1419485944055582721?s=20
Shadab Khan not only congratulated him but also pledged to set up a fund in the future.
https://twitter.com/76Shadabkhan/status/1419299825380728832?s=20
https://twitter.com/TheMahiraKhan/status/1419295943803953158?s=20
https://twitter.com/AzharAli_/status/1419291335773855744?s=20
https://twitter.com/ZakaWaqar/status/1419534692597051396?s=20
https://twitter.com/AsimAzharr/status/1419326926532096000?s=20
https://twitter.com/Asad_Umar/status/1419311833236840454?s=20
Talha Talib took to Twitter as well to thank people for their support.
https://twitter.com/talha_tlb/status/1419372773005139968?s=20
