: India at Tokyo Paralympics: 10 Incredible Stories of Grit Glory #IndiaNEWS #Inspirational The Paralympics will be held between 25 August and 06 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Unlike the Olympics

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India at Tokyo Paralympics: 10 Incredible Stories of Grit Glory #IndiaNEWS #Inspirational
The Paralympics will be held between 25 August and 06 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Unlike the Olympics where many group sports dominate, at the Paralympics, individual athletes are more at the forefront.
Be it shooting, archery, wrestling or badminton, behind every individual athlete is a story of incredible struggle and determination. Here we take a look at 10 of them.
1. Palak Kohli Para Badminton
A condition developed at birth prevented 18-year-old Palaks left hand from developing properly. But this did not stop her from taking up sports.
After being denied opportunities to play during PE classes in her school, Palak took it upon herself to excel in any sport and prove herself.
Palak Kohli
She approached para-badminton coach Gaurav Khanna and decided to train regularly. She moved to Lucknow from Jalandhar and enrolled at his academy full-time.
In 2019, she started participating in national and international-level tournaments and also secured a spot at the Tokyo Paralympics.
2. Sakina Khatun Powerlifting
Hailing from a village named Korapara in Kolkata, Sakina battled poverty and Polio at a young age before achieving success in powerlifting. Her family was supported by her father, a daily wage worker, her brother, who works in a tailoring shop, and her mother who works as a maid in their locality.
Sakina Khatun
Being athletic since childhood, Sakina played various sports. However, she took up powerlifting after a coach identified her talents and encouraged her to take it up professionally. Since there were no facilities in her district, Sakina left home and went to Punjab and Bengaluru to train.
In 2014 Sakina became the first Indian woman to win a medal for the country in para-sports at the Commonwealth games.
3. Jyoti Baliyan Archery
A resident of Uttar Pradesh, 27-year-old Jyoti is the only Indian woman archer to participate in the Tokyo Paralympics.
The daughter of a farmer, tragedy struck Jyoti at a young age when she was administered a wrong injection in her leg. This led to her suffering from Polio. However, the young woman did not give up on becoming a sportsperson and took up archery in 2009.
Jyoti Baliyan
Today, she is one of the top para-archers in the country and is ranked 17 in the world. She secured this position at the World Championships held in the Netherlands which also qualified her for the Tokyo Paralympics.
4. Avni Lekhara Shooting
In 2012, at the age of 10, Avni was in a car accident that caused severe spinal cord injuries and left her wheelchair-bound. Three years later, her father encouraged her to take up shooting as a professional sport. She agreed and tried both archery and rifle shooting.

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