Ladies First Page #3

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You should have kept her at home."

I lost a lot of self-confidence.

In Europe, there's less gender inequality.

In India, the roles are clearly divided,

this is a man's job, that's a woman's job.

Therefore, women lack confidence.

You can see how confident women

in the West are from their attitude.

If we give our girls a chance

to come forward and express

themselves their confidence will rise.

In our country, even those

who are well-educated believe

the girls

cannot play sports.

In my opinion, they are crazy

because their thinking

is extremely regressive.

In my opinion,

people often throw around the term,

"ladies first."

So, when girls want to advance in life,

be it in education or sports,

why not say "ladies first,"

when it really counts?

Do they actually believe girls are weak

or incompetent?

I believe they are afraid of us

that if we are given freedom

we will surpass them and go so far ahead

they won't be able to see us at all.

There is so much pressure on her

to win a gold medal.

If it was me,

I would crumble under the pressure.

I don't know how she handles it.

When she's here at TATA,

she's sharp and focused.

But when she competes abroad,

I don't know what affects her.

She loses her nerve and confidence.

Archery is a mental game,

so it's important to have a mental coach.

That should improve my performance.

Deepika needs

a mental coach desperately...

...and from day one, not a month

or two before the Olympics.

If we want to win an Olympic medal,

we need to prepare well in advance.

Korean archers are mentally strong. It's

not that they're better skilled than us,

just that they are mentally stronger.

London 2012 to Rio 2016,

four years seems like a long time,

for any normal person.

But my coach said,

"Rio 2016 is just around the corner

so start preparing

and working hard now

as time flies."

So, I told myself, what's done is done,

you can't change the past.

I'm strong enough

and I believe in myself to know

that I'll never return to my old life.

I'll keep working hard,

giving up is not an option.

This time I'm going to fight!

We had seven Olympic trials.

Deepika broke the world record

in the first three trials.

At the World Cup in Shanghai,

she equaled the existing world record.

We're 99 percent sure

she'll win an Olympic medal.

She should have been selected

right then and there.

Actually I don't want to talk about it,

thank you.

I don't make many friends...

as I want to focus only on one thing,

an Olympic gold medal.

I never talk about how hard I work.

I just want to give my 100 percent

and win that medal!

The Korean team was selected

three months before the Olympics.

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