Amethi, Sept. 25 -- Following Salman Khan's bronze medal win in rowing at the Asian Games, the athlete's mother reflected on the hardships faced by her son on his way to the medal, from being a cab driver to provide for his family to joining the army to finally climbing to the Asian Games podium.

The pairing of Satnam Singh and Salman Khan secured a bronze medal in the men's double sculls final on Thursday. The duo clocked a time of 6:13.25, just 3.48 seconds short of gold medalist Chinese pair of Yi Xudi / Nie Yide and 2.76 seconds behind the silver medalists Mekhrojbek Mamatkulov / Pavel Sorin, as per ESPN.

Speaking to ANI, Salman's mother, Jabrun Nisha, expressed pride at her son's feat, saying that he has made the whole country prou...