‘Pakistan rooting for you’: Talha Talib garners praise on twitter after Olympic Debut

The 21-year-old lifter hailing from Gujranwala, held the gold medal spot until the final round and finished on the fifth spot as China’s Lijun Chen, Colombia’ Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano, and Italy’s Mirko Zani captured gold, silver and bronze respectively.

Talib’s lift of 151kg in the Snatch category was the second-best of the round. However, he failed in his first Clean and Jerk attempt of 166kg and even though he was successful for the same weight in his next attempt and also cleared 170kg.

But unfortunately, his combined total of 320 Kg was surpassed by others contestants.

Despite an obvious lack of resources, Twitterati showered him with praises and his name became the top Pakistani trend on the platform.

The story of #TalhaTalib - the story you must know! pic.twitter.com/archh4xvF2

— Shiraz Hassan (@ShirazHassan) July 25, 2021

Proud of #TalhaTalib, I would love to sponsor him. Allow him to have access to international level equipment and diet, He's only 21 so a potential chance for 2024 & 2028 Olympics pic.twitter.com/3Vc1wUzJO6

— Waqar Zaka (@ZakaWaqar) July 26, 2021

Proud of Pakistan 🇵🇰#TalhaTalib #TokyoOlympics2020 pic.twitter.com/Ny3xwTfyYc

— Muنeeb (@Itx_muneeb_007) July 26, 2021

Very well done hero.....We all are proud of you...hope so you will continue your success story and brighten up the name of country...❤
"MAY ALLAH BLESS PAKISTAN WITH MORE ✌"
IN SHA ALLAH❤#TALHA #TalhaTalib pic.twitter.com/l9Oz6HEQKi

— Abdul Rehman (@AbdulRe08346202) July 26, 2021

Respect for this man.💯#TalhaTalib pic.twitter.com/PCMK5hKt23

— Muhammad Shoaib Chandio 🇵🇰🇵🇸 (@MSChandio_) July 26, 2021

From weight lifters to squash players, all of them are sponsored by their family.

Only cricket is heavily sponsored here in our country, maybe because there’s more popularity or we still have herd mentality.

Lets recognise our heroes.#TalhaTalib https://t.co/6nZbAxZt0q

— Laman Samo (@LamanSamo) July 26, 2021

Well Done Talha Talib !
U fought like Champion. Good Luck👍
Lets hope, Concern authorities might feel some shame (if thy got) that apart 4m #Cricket, #Pakistan do hv talent & need 2b supported.#Tokyo2020 #PakistanInTokyo2020 #TokyoOlympics #Olympics #WIvPAK #WIvsPAK #TalhaTalib pic.twitter.com/8eKOUbSLW7

— AR (@ImARJAF) July 26, 2021