Question

PROJECT 3: Imagine that you got a chance to meet Karnam Malleswari, your favourite sport star. Write the interview for your school magazine. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Karnam Malleswari came from a family of sportspeople. Her father Karnam Manohar was a college-level football player while her four sisters had taken to weightlifting.

But ironically, it was her mother Shyamala, the only non-sporting person in the family, who encouraged Karnam Malleswari to pursue a dream.

The story goes that a 12-year-old Karnam had been turned away by coach Neelamshetty Appanna, who taught weightlifting at a local gymnasium in the small town of Voosavanipeta, Andhra Pradesh, because she was deemed too thin and weak for the sport.