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At the point when everyone is occupied with applauding India’s Neeraj Chopra, there is a two-time gold medallist in a similar discipline far away from the spotlight tweaking his abilities to secure the third gold for himself and India. Dissimilar to Neeraj Chopra, Devendra Jhajaria has just one arm.
His is a name that very few might know, yet Devendra Jhajaria was the person who made India proud by winning their first gold in the F-46 javelin throw event at the 2004 Athens Paralympics and followed it up with another at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. His endeavors, including a world-record throw of 62.15m, were perceived making Devendra the first para-competitor to be concurred with the national honor.
“This is the second generation of para athletes I am competing with. A few of them started addressing me as ‘Bhaisahab’ after I won a gold in the 2013 IPC World Championships. I was officially accorded the status of ‘Bhaisahab’ in 2016 during the Rio Paralympics,” Devendra Jhajharia said.
He bettered his own record of 63.97m set in Rio. However, it will stay simply a distance and not part of the record books. He, nonetheless, is pointing much past that.
Effectively a veteran of the game, be that as it may, will be diverse this time for Jhajharia as he can not impart his achievement to his dad, who passed away last year: “He was there since the beginning. He was fighting cancer and I wanted to spend days with him but he asked me to focus on my preparations. I will miss him but I know he will be there with me.”
Regardless of contending universally for just about twenty years, Devendra Jhajharia isn’t in a disposition to hang his boots. “No point in retiring after the Tokyo Paralympics but I will set new targets only after the event,” he concluded.
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