Watch: India Lawn Bowl players broke into tears while explaining their journey to CWG 2022 Gold medal

Recently, the India Women's Lawn Bowl team created history as they won their maiden medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022. India as a nation celebrated the achievement as it was a Gold medal. The team beat South Africa in the final. Meanwhile, in a conversation with Jyotsana Mohan on 'Table Talk with Jo', Rupa Rani Tirkey revealed the struggles the team went through. She said that the journey to the highest price was very depressing and demotivating.

She also told that if the team didn't win a medal, they won't be playing for India again.

"We were very depressed. A lot of discussions happened about us. It was very demotivating," she mentions in the video, breaking down into tears, as she narrates the prices they had to pay to win the elusive gold by defeating powerhouses South Africa in the final.

"There was a lot of pressure on us. If we didn't return with a medal from the Games, then maybe there would have been no future of lawn bowls for us in the next edition," she continued.

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We are celebrating these women for winning gold in Lawn Fours at C’wealth Games. But we should be filled with shame. On ‘Table Talk’ they share a journey of official apathy, disrespect and misogyny. Watch & share. @ianuragthakur

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Nobody gave us a medal by looking at our faces: Rupa Rani Tirkey

The CWG 2022 gold medalist added the players were told that they were selected on basis of their 'looks'. She maintained that they won the medal by their skills and not because of 'looks'.

"We were even told that we have been selected to the team because of how we looked," Lovely mentioned, unable to control her tears, on the show.

"We had something in us that's why we won a medal, no? Nobody will give us a medal by simply looking at our face," she quested.