: ‘No Money for Milk’: Viral Tweet’s Talented 16-YO Athlete Needs Our Help #IndiaNEWS #Sports Lokesh Kumar, 16, is rueing the day he missed winning a place in the 36th National Junior Athletics

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‘No Money for Milk’: Viral Tweet’s Talented 16-YO Athlete Needs Our Help #IndiaNEWS #Sports
Lokesh Kumar, 16, is rueing the day he missed winning a place in the 36th National Junior Athletics Championships by eight nanoseconds in the 300m race. The race that took place in February this year in Guwahati, Assam, had teens from all over the country participating.
Even though he won a gold medal in the 200m race at the National Championships, the State-level champion is in this predicament as he says he can’t even afford to drink “a glass of milk�.
“I didn’t have a good diet plan,� he tells The Better India. “I know I can do better if I had more than warm water and whatever little my mother can afford to cook or even some milk. �
A Class 10 student of the Government school — Sarvodaya Co-Ed Vidyalaya in RK Puram, Delhi, the 16-year-old is one of India’s diamonds in the rough in the sports arena.
He adds, “I am a state champion. I have won a gold medal in the 80th Annual Delhi State Championship 2021 in the 300m race and a silver medal in the 100m race. � In 2019, he won a gold medal in the 600m race at the 79th Annual Delhi State Championship and a silver in the 100m race.
A recent tweet by journalist Andrew Amsan has brought Lokesh’s inspiring story in the limelight. However, he is still hoping for a miracle to help him continue his journey as an athlete.

Lokesh, 16, is a talented 400m runner from Delhi. His dad is a cycle rickshaw driver, mum works as a house help. Lokesh says he doesnt even have money to take a bus from shahdra to Jln for training. We dont have money for milk. Ive been drinking warm water and practicing. pic. twitter. com/eKVJrlhs7r
— Andrew Amsan (@AndrewAmsan) October 15, 2021

‘I Want To Make India Proud’
Lokesh Kumar with his mother Pushpa Devi; Pic source: Twitter
Hailing from Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Lokesh moved with his family to the national capital three years ago. He currently lives with his folks in Shahdara district. “My father (Jangjeet Singh) is a daily wager. He is a cycle rickshaw puller while my mother (Pushpa Devi) works as domestic help. �
After sporting events halted during the lockdown, his parents dipped into their savings to keep their family afloat.
“Unlike other athletes at these championships, I show up in the same shoes that I have been wearing for two years now. I can’t even afford the biscuits or juices that are a part of their diets,� he laments.

His interest in sports and national-level championships stemmed from small-town folk making it big in the sports arena. He recalls the immense joy he felt watching Neeraj Chopra clinch a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Back in his village in Aligarh, he used to participate in various sporting events.

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