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I did only few marathons because of my father’s wish,” said Ravija who is the daughter of police commissioner Ravinderkumar Singal, already a ‘Half Iron Man’.“My parents inculcated sports at a very young age in us. Since standard V, we are into it and have never been pressurised to leave sports for studies,” she said.“In fact, three months before my std XII exams, I participated in DSO national swimming and CBSE national swimming and won bronze in CBSE. My brother is a lawn tennis player pursuing engineering and I am pursuing medicine. Nashik: Ravija Singal (18) became the youngest ‘Half Iron Lady’ of the city during an event held in New Delhi on Sunday.Sharing her experience with TOI over the phone from Delhi, Ravija said she completed the event in the stipulated time of nine hours, and was first to complete 1.9km swimming in 33 minutes, 90km cycling in 4.50hrs and rest of the time in running 21 km.“Running long distance is my weakness. Till date I have been a national-level swimmer and short distance sprinter..