Yogesh Kathuniya:
He was paralyzed at the age of 8, knows the full story of the third silver medal winner for the country
Summary
Paralyzed at the age of 8, trained without a coach, now won ‘silver medal’ in Tokyo According to the Paralympic Games, winning silver gives me more motivation to win a gold medal in Paris 2024.
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Yogesh Kathunia, who became disabled at the age of eight, won the medal. the country’s third silver at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. He won silver in the men’s discus throw, class F56. Yogesh was second on the sixth and final attempt with a low throw of 44.38m. His first, third and fourth attempts all failed while on the second and fifth he threw discs from 42.84 and 43.55 metres, respectively. India’s third silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games is reckoned by him. At the same time, in this content, Brazilian Batista dos Santos won gold in 45.59m while Cuban Leonardo Diaz Aldana (43.36m) won bronze. Know the whole story of Yogesh Kathuniya …
training without a trainer
Yogesh Kathunia said after the victory, “ It was amazing. Earning silver gave me more motivation to win gold in Paris 2024. “To be very honest, the past 18 months was very hard for me. As everyone knows that Each stadium remained closed for six months due to the covid-19 lockdown in India. Kathuniya said: “ When I started going to the stadium every day, I had to train on my own. I didn’t have a coach at the time and I always trained without a coach. It’s amazing to have been able to win a silver medal without a coach.
Will work hard to earn gold next time
He said he will work hard to earn gold next time. Kathuniya said: “ I’m going to work hard. I am only a meter away from the gold medal but in Paris I will try to beat the world record. Today is not my day. I was ready to break the world record but I couldn’t.
Paralyzed at the age of eight
Childhood was not easy for Yogesh from Delhi. At the age of eight, he was hemiplegic. Even after this setback, he still doesn’t compromise on his dream. Yogesh has always had big dreams. He did not receive any training facilities during his schooling. They struggle to improve their skills and performance due to lack of facilities. After graduating from high school, Yogesh Kathuniya joined Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi. Many coaches noticed his skills during his college years. He quickly started studying at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium under the guidance of coach Satyapal Singh. According to the International Paralympic Federation, Yogesh qualified for the Tokyo 2019 Paralympic Games by winning bronze in the men’s F56 discus throw final at the World Athletics Championships in Dubai. Yogesh threw 42.51m on the sixth attempt.
Achievements
Yogesh won the gold medal in the Para-Athletics Grand Prix held in Berlin in 2018. He broke the world record in the men’s discus F36 category event. He threw a throw of 45.18m and broke the world record of 42.96m held by Kuiking of China, which he had achieved in 2017. Apart from this, he also won a silver medal in the men’s discus throw F56 category event at the World Para Athletics Championships with a throw of 42.05m.
