#Paralympics2016
#Rio2016
#Devendra #Jhajaria made history in Rio when he hurled the #javelin a whopping 63.97 mts to claim the #Gold #Medal. Doubling that sweetness was a #WorldRecord feat ... Magificent Devendra doing India proud (with an impressive medal tally of 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze after 6 days of competition). Devendra broke his own world record of 62.15 mts set in #Athens2004
Devendra's story is right out of a #Bollywood potboiler.
Born to low earning family in Rajasthan, he met with a bizarre accident at the age of eight.
He was climbing a tree and accidentally came in contact with a high voltage electric line that rendered his left hand incapacitated.
However his love of sports and spurred on by his coach, he began training and playing track and field at top levels around the region and beyond. Soon, his talent and achievements became talk of the town, city, state and nation.
He was conferred the #Arjuna #Award in 2005 after the Athens' Gold and #Padmashri Award in 2012.
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#Rio2016
#Devendra #Jhajaria made history in Rio when he hurled the #javelin a whopping 63.97 mts to claim the #Gold #Medal. Doubling that sweetness was a #WorldRecord feat ... Magificent Devendra doing India proud (with an impressive medal tally of 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze after 6 days of competition). Devendra broke his own world record of 62.15 mts set in #Athens2004
Devendra's story is right out of a #Bollywood potboiler.
Born to low earning family in Rajasthan, he met with a bizarre accident at the age of eight.
He was climbing a tree and accidentally came in contact with a high voltage electric line that rendered his left hand incapacitated.
However his love of sports and spurred on by his coach, he began training and playing track and field at top levels around the region and beyond. Soon, his talent and achievements became talk of the town, city, state and nation.
He was conferred the #Arjuna #Award in 2005 after the Athens' Gold and #Padmashri Award in 2012.
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