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Asian Games Gold Medallist Tejinder Pal Singh Toor Reaches Home To News Of Father’s Demise

Asian Games 2018 Gold medal winner Tejinder Pal Singh Toor was on his way to home when he heard about the sad demise of his father Karam Singh.

Tejinderpal Singh Toor was on his way back after winning Gold for India in Shot Putt at the recently concluded Asian Games in Indonesia. However, even before he could his hometown, he got the unfortunate news of his father’s death.

Tweeting about the demise of Toor’s father, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) tweeted: “AFI is in deep shock. We just received Tejinder Toor our Shot Putt ASIAN Gold Medalist at the airport and at the same time received the sad news of the passing on of Tejinder’s beloved father. May is soul rest in eternal peace. Our heartfelt condolences to him and his family.”

His father had a last wish of holding the Gold medal in his hands which his son had earned at the Asian Games but unfortunately, it couldn’t be fulfilled. Toor had a phenomenal outing at the Asian Games as he created a record in shot put. The Athletics Federation of India also expressed shock at the news on Twitter.

Karam Singh, the father of the 23-year-old was fighting with cancer for a long time. It was his last wish to hold the Gold medal that Tejinder had won in his hands. Tejinder too was extremely eager to share his excitement with his family but after he landed at the Delhi airport and was on his way to Moga in Punjab, he received the heartbreaking news.

He also said that his family never pressured him to attend to his father at the hospital and his friends took care of all hospital formalities in his absence. “I have not gone home much in this period since I was training in Dharamsala. Now I will meet my dad but I will be there for only two days. I have to get ready for the next challenge,” he had said.

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