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Manasi Joshi won gold in Para Badminton World Championship

पैरा बैडमिंटन वर्ल्ड चैंपियनशिप: मानसी ने जीता गोल्ड, सोशल मीडिया पर मिल रही बधाई

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भारत की पैरा बैडमिंटन खिलाड़ी मानसी जोशी ने शनिवार को पहला वर्ल्ड चैंपियनशिप खिताब जीता

मानसी की इस उपलब्धि पर उन्हें अब सोशल मीडिया पर लोगों द्वारा बधाइयां दी जा रही हैं

जोशी ने 2011 में एक एक्सीडेंट में अपना बायां पैर खो दिया था और 4 साल बाद उन्होंने बैडमिंटन खेलना शुरू किया

भारत की पैरा बैडमिंटन खिलाड़ी मानसी जोशी ने शनिवार को पहला वर्ल्ड चैंपियनशिप खिताब जीता। मानसी की इस उपलब्धि पर उन्हें अब सोशल मीडिया पर लोगों द्वारा बधाइयां दी जा रही हैं। मानसी ने विमेंस सिंगल्स के फाइनल में हमवतन पारुल परमार को 21-12, 21-7 से मात देकर गोल्ड मेडल अपने नाम किया था। जोशी ने 2011 में एक एक्सीडेंट में अपना बायां पैर खो दिया था और चार साल बाद उन्होंने बैडमिंटन खेलना शुरू किया। वह पुलेला गोपीचंद अकादमी में ट्रेनिंग करती हैं। मानसी ने गोल्ड जीतने के बाद कहा था कि, यह उनके लिए किसी सपने के सच होने जैसा है।

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‘Society, government need to be more considerate towards people with disability’ - other sports

30-year-old para-athlete Manasi Joshi gained recognition after she clinched a gold medal at BWF Para-badminton World Championships last year. After a competition-heavy 2019, Manasi was eyeing a berth at the Tokyo Paralympics, with qualifying tournaments approaching. But the coronavirus pandemic tore the sporting calendar to shreds as tournaments all over the world started getting suspended. Just before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown in India, Manasi, who was at her badminton academy in Hyderabad, flew back home to Ahmedabad to be with her family.At home, during a grocery run, Manasi realised the difficulties a person with disabilities has to face amid the nationwide lockdown, at a time of an unprecedented public health emergency. Speaking to Hindustan Times in an exclusive interview, the para-badminton star gave a glimpse of her life at home amid lockdown:“Lockdown has affected my training. My academy in Hyderabad got closed, so I returned home to Ahmedabad to stay with my parents. Luckily, I reached before the lockdown was imposed, otherwise, I would have to stay in Hyderabad alone. I am doing home-workouts, keeping in touch with my physio, trainer and my dietician. They have planned a proper schedule for me. They are helping me to figure out what training I can continue to do during the lockdown.“There is a limit to what exercises I am able to do at home, though. There are a lot of cardio-exercises I am unable to do. We had created a gym as per requirements, but now I have to readapt to my current requirements. So, it is obviously a problem. But we are trying to adapt to whatever situation we are having.“In the meantime, I have enrolled for an online course on ‘Disability Awareness and Support by University of Pittsburgh’. I have been reading and keeping myself busy. I am writing emails, talking to people. I had a busy year in 2019, so I didn’t get time to be social with people or connect with my friends. So, now is the time to get all those things going. I am keeping in touch with people. Every day, I try to contact my friends and check up with them how things are going, and what is happening in their lives.“I am also cooking at home. It was a hobby of mine, but then I started cooking to survive. But now, I can cook to experiment, which I enjoy. I made South Indian food for my family the other day. We used to have a cook aunty who would come to my place and cook some amazing delicacies. I tried to cook Palak paneer, and beans in her style. I try to put a twist in everything, and do some experiment with it. I made a different type of Frankie, which turned out to be really tasty. So, I am trying to experiment with my cooking, and eat different stuff. But of course, following my diet (laughs).“I also watch TV. I watched Special-Ops on Hotstar. It was quite interesting. I didn’t get much time to read anything, though. I keep myself busy 24X7.“With Paralympics getting postponed by one year, it has exceeded my hopes of going to Tokyo and to compete for a medal. So, this hope is keeping me quite motivated these days. One year is a lot of time for me to work on my development. It’s definitely a blessing in disguise for me.“Last year, we had a lot of tournaments. Every 15-20 day we used to play a tournament. I had broken one of my prosthesis when I was in China for my World Championships. After that, even though I tried to change the cue part of my prosthetic, I was unable to reach the alignment that I used to play at. So, now I have the time to adapt and learn to play with my new prosthesis.“I, now have time to learn different skills and styles. I have also placed an order for running prosthetics. So, I am also planning to learn running this year. I have kind of forgotten how to run. So, I am hopeful this will be helpful in training. I am keeping my fingers crossed.“I am following the WHO guidelines on how to prevent oneself from coronavirus - washing hands, wearing masks in public, maintaining social distance. Another thing I keep doing is keeping my prosthetic devices clean. At home, I use crutches, and walkers, so I keep their surfaces clean by wiping them with sanitizer.“At our household, we take turns to buy groceries. So, I also went out one day and I realised that it’s not easy for me. I had to stand in the queue for too long. Usually, I would just sit and wait for my turn, and not stand in the queue. But these days, I don’t want to contaminate myself. “People know me, my disability was quite visible, I was in my shorts. But nobody gave up their tokens for me. People who were distributing tokens, did not think that they should think about putting me ahead in line, so I won’t have to stand for too long. I had only gone to buy essentials, and not for fun.“I went for vegetable shopping later, and there were people pushing me in order to get their shopping done first. When people push me, I lose my balance, even if I am just standing.“I really wish people and government are considerate and kind enough to allow people with disabilities and senior citizens to give them a chance to get their grocery shopping done first. I really appreciate how these supermarkets are still running in these times. But I just wish there could be some rule to allow people with disabilities to go first, but then it would also be better if people become considerate themselves.“It struck me that I live in Hyderabad alone, and what if I was there on my own. At least, here, I have my siblings, here. If I ask them to go grocery shopping, they will do it for me, they are super supportive. But then, in our household, we treat everyone equally. I believe in being independent. I don’t want to be dependent on anyone. But I would request authorities to understand and be a little more kind and considerate.“People with disabilities have to touch other surfaces to know where we exactly are, and at this time, people are advised not to touch. People with disabilities are at higher risk of catching COVID-19, we are the ones who need more attention. We should keep in mind that disabled people are also vulnerable members of the society who are getting more affected by the lockdown. We should think about larger things than ‘my own problem’.“I cannot go on to just say that everything is perfect if it is not. People are empathic, but to sensitise the general public, we have to create more awareness. If I say that you need to help people with disabilities, all people say is that we will get groceries for them. That is not the type of help I require, all I need is mere ko pehle jaane do. If you don’t wish to give your token, it’s fine. But at least tell authories inko pehle jaane do.“We need to change how people react to disaster in such a scenario, and how we treat the vulnerable sections of the society. We have to think from a different perspective when we are devising a plan on how to tackle this pandemic.”As told to Karan Prashant Saxena Read the full article

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BHIM-UPI TOISA: PV Sindhu shines brightest amongst sports winners for 2019 - Times of India

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BHIM-UPI TOISA: PV Sindhu shines brightest amongst sports winners for 2019 - Times of India

NEW DELHI: PV Sindhu, Rohit Sharma, Rani, Saurabh Chaudhary, Dutee Chand, Manu Bhaker, Bajrang Punia and Jaspal Rana are some of the prominent names that featured among the winners at the Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) powered by BHIM-UPI, which honoured the best performances in Indian sport in 2019 at a glittering awards function in Delhi on Thursday.

The who’s who of India’s sports fraternity were present at the awards ceremony, including one of the country’s most legendary sports persons, hockey Olympian Balbir Singh Sr, who was part of three of India’s gold-medal winning teams at the Olympics, besides being the manager of the squad that lifted the 1975 World Cup.

The event was also attended by a few very special guests – members of the 1980 Olympics gold medal winning hockey team, including captain V Basakaran, MM Somaiya, Mervyn Fernandes, Zafar Iqbal, Surinder Singh Sodhi and MK Kaushik.

Sindhu’s historic feat of becoming the first Indian to win the badminton World Championships remained unmatched and she was, therefore, named the ‘Sportsperson of the Year’, besides being the joint winner in the Jury’s Choice Award for ‘Badminton Player of the Year’ along with Sai Praneeth. Sindhu, who is currently ranked sixth in the BWF Rankings, completed a hat-trick by winning the ‘Unbreakable Spirit of Sport award’ as well. She is set to enter the Tokyo Olympics in an endeavour to improve on the women’s singles silver medal she won in Rio four years ago.

The men’s award in the badminton category went to 2019 BWF World Championships bronze medallist Sai Praneeth, who created history by becoming only the second man after Prakash Padukone to win a medal at the premier tournament.

The elite panel of jury members that picked the ‘Jury’s Choice Award’ in 19 categories included former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir; former India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia; hockey’s Olympic gold medallist Zafar Iqbal; Asian Games silver medallist and former athlete Ashiwni Nachappa; the first Indian paralympian to win two gold medals at the Paralympics, Devendra Jhajaria; and Chief Editor of Times Internet Limited, Rajesh Kalra.

The ‘Cricketer of the Year’ award went to Rohit, who set the 2919 ICC World Cup ablaze with a record five centuries, besides crossing many more landmarks in the year. Women’s hockey captain Rani, whose goal helped the team qualify for its second consecutive Olympic appearance, was named the ‘Hockey Player of the Year’. She was also selected as the ‘Inspiration of the Year’ for her exploits in 2019, which also saw Rani winning the ‘World Games Athlete of the Year’ award — the first Indian and the first hockey player to achieve the feat.

In the men’s category for ‘Hockey Player of the Year’, Harmanpreet Singh was named the winner, as he turned into a leader of India’s defence, which played a major role in India achieving its best ever world rank of No. 4.

The ‘Team of the Year’ award was won by the men’s hockey team which achieved its best ever FIH rank of 4, besides qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. Meanwhile shooting star turned National junior coach Jaspal Rana was chosen as the ‘Coach of the Year’ for producing talents like Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary.

Incidentally, Chaudhary and Bhaker were joint winners in the ‘Shooter of the Year’ category. In a pathbreaking year for Indian shooting, the duo bagged the 10m Air Pistol mixed team gold in each of the four ISSF World Cups in 2019, besides bagging the Tokyo Olympics quotas in the men’s and women’s 10m Air Pistol.

The other male-female winning combos included Anish Bhanwala (shooting) and Lalremsiami (hockey) as the ‘Emerging Players of the Year’. While Bhanwala won a gold and a bronze in 25m Standard Pistol at the two 2019 World Cups, hockey striker Lalremsiami was named the ‘FIH Rising Star of the Year for 2019’ — a first for an Indian woman. In athletics, Tajinder Pal Singh Toor and Dutee Chand bagged the ‘Athlete of the Year’ awards. Shot-putter Toor won gold medals at the Asian Athletics Championships, while Dutee’s history-making moment came at the World Universiade, where she became the first Indian woman sprinter to win gold.

Amit Panghal and Lovlina Borgohain were the joint winners in the boxing category, while Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa were selected as the best squash players.

Panghal’s memorable 2019 included a golden hat-trick at the Strandja Memorial, Asian Boxing Championships and India Open; and his best moment came when he won his maiden medal, a silver, at the World Championships.

Borgohain too had a brilliant year in the boxing ring, where she claimed a bronze at the Strandja Memorial, gold at the Salam Umakhanov Memorial and a bronze at the World Championships.

Squash star Ghosal won the Asian Individual Squash Championships, which helped him enter the top 10 of PSA Rankings. Both those achievements were a first for an Indian male squash player. Chinappa, on the other hand, defended her Asian Individual Squash Championships crown and then won a record record 17th title at the National Squash Championships.

Top Indian wrestler Punia started 2019 by winning the gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships. Later in the year, his consistency at the international level earned him the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. At the World Championships, he had to settle for a bronze medal, but it helped him bag an Olympic quota for India in the 65kg freestyle category. Vinesh had a successful run in 2019, which culminated with her maiden medal (bronze) at the World Championships and a quota place at the Tokyo Olympics.

Archers Deepika Kumari and Abhishek Verma were also among the winners. Deepika won gold at the 2019 Asian Championships and with it an Olympic quota in women’s recurve.

Mirabai Chanu made a terrific return from injury in 2019, with gold medals at the EGAT Cup and the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship. Sathish Sivalingam was the male winner in the weightlifting category.

At the World Championships in September 2019, Chanu improved on her own national record and came agonisingly close to a podium finish before settling for a fourth-place finish in the 49kg category. In the process, she became the first woman weightlifter from the country to breach the magical mark of 200kg.

Among the other ‘Jury’s Choice’ award winners were billiards and snooker player Sourav Kothari, chess star R Pragnanandha and football icon Sunil Chhetri.

In para-sports, shuttlers Pramod Bhagat and Manasi Joshi were the jury’s pick as winners for their feats at the 2019 World Championships, where they both won gold medals in the singles categories becoming world champions.

Bhagat became a force to reckon with in 2019, winning twin gold medals at the Para-Badminton World Championships in the men’s singles (SL3 category) and men’s doubles (SL3-4 category). An IIT graduate, Bhagat contracted polio as a 7-year-old but never let that impede his ambitions.

Joshi secured her maiden gold at the Para World Championship. An engineer by qualification, Manasi lost her left leg in an accident in 2011. She enrolled at the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad in 2018 and since then has not looked back.

Some of the special awards given on the occasion included the prestigious ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ to Bhaichung Bhutia, ‘Mentor of the Year’ to India’s national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand and ‘Youth Icon of the Year’ to Vijender Singh, the Olympic-medal winning boxer who turned pro a few years ago.

Also, the state of Odisha was conferred with the award for ‘Change Agent of the Year’ for its contribution towards sports, and the Reliance Foundation was named the ‘Corporate Supporter of the Year’.

Here is the full list of award winners for TOISA 2019:

SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR: PV Sindhu

TEAM OF THE YEAR: Men’s hockey team

COACH OF THE YEAR: Jaspal Rana

EMERGING PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Men): Anish Bhanwala

EMERGING PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Women): Lalremsiami

ARCHER OF THE YEAR (Male): Abhishek Verma

ARCHER OF THE YEAR (Female): Deepika Kumari

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (Male): Tajinderpal Singh Toor

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (Female): Dutee Chand

BADMINTON PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Male): Sai Praneeth

BADMINTON PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Female): PV Sindhu

BILLIARDS/SNOOKER PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Sourav Kothari

BOXER OF THE YEAR (Male): Amit Panghal

BOXER OF THE YEAR (Female): Lovlina Borgohain

CHESS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: R Pragnanandha

CRICKETER OF THE YEAR: Rohit Sharma

FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR: Sunil Chhetri

HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Male): Harmanpreet Singh

HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Female): Rani

SHOOTER OF THE YEAR (Male): Saurabh Chaudhary

SHOOTER OF THE YEAR (Female): Manu Bhaker

SQUASH PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Male): Saurav Ghosal

SQUASH PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Female): Joshna Chinappa

TABLE TENNIS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Manika Batra

WRESTLER OF THE YEAR (Male): Bajrang Punia

WRESTLER OF THE YEAR (Female): Vinesh Phogat

WEIGHTLIFTER OF THE YEAR (Male): Sathish Sivalingam

WEIGHTLIFTER OF THE YEAR (Female): Saikhom Mirabai Chanu

PARA-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (Male): Pramod Bhagat

PARA-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (Female): Manasi Joshi

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Bhaichung Bhutia

MENTOR OF THE YEAR: Pullela Gopichand

INSPIRATION OF THE YEAR: Rani

UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT OF SPORT AWARD: PV Sindhu

CHANGE AGENT OF THE YEAR: Odisha

YOUTH ICON OF THE YEAR: Vijender Singh

CORPORATE SUPPORTER OF THE YEAR: Reliance Foundation

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And why did the larger media not put this out on the front pages? - Manasi Joshi wins her first gold at BWF Para Badminton World Championships on Aug 25th In 2011, she lost her left leg in an accident when she was hit by a truck. https://yourstory.com/herstory/2019/08/manasi-joshi-gold-badminton-para-world-championships To come back from that, and win in the Para Championships at Basel is synonyms to scaling the Mount Everest literally without one leg..! (refer to my earlier post on PV Sindhu) Kudos to Manasi Joshi. True inspiration for all. Am sure you make yourself and your parents proud.! #manasijoshi #truegrit #nevergiveup #beatallodds #sleepinggiantmedia https://www.instagram.com/p/B1sQyk3hrrM/?igshid=v4u7od5glnzp

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My dream is to stand on the podium at Tokyo Paralympics: Shuttler Palak Kohli - Click on link to subscribe my channel https://ift.tt/34vXvMA Facebook - https://ift.tt/2Vjiyz6 Twitter - https://twitter.com/HsrSports Pinterest - https://ift.tt/2ywdZIH Tumblr - https://ift.tt/2z5qwmL Blog - https://ift.tt/2VlBDRu #Sports #SportsNews #Tournament NEW DELHI: When you hear the name 'Kohli' in a sporting context, you are bound to think of Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli. But there's another Kohli on Indian sporting circuit who is making waves and has already made the nation proud on the world stage. Teenage badminton player Palak Kohli burst onto the National and international stage last year and instantly made a mark for herself. The 17 year old continued her great run in the early part of 2020 and scripted history by becoming the world's youngest para badminton player to qualify for the Tokyo Paralympics. Palak, who has attained the required eligibility to qualify for the Paralympics in the SL3-SU5 women's doubles category, is currently ranked fifth in the world along with veteran Parul Parmar. The top-six pairs get automatic qualification. Out of 13 Paralympic qualification tournaments 12 were completed and only one (Spanish Grand Prix) was cancelled due to Covid-19 and will now take place between January and March in 2021. The 17-year-old Palak, who has a deformed left hand by birth, turned adversity into opportunity, as she utilised the lockdown period due to the pandemic to train hard for next year's Paralympics. She has left no stone unturned to work towards the realisation of her dream of attaining ultimate glory - a Paralympics medal - even in these times of crisis. Talking to TimesofIndia.com, Palak spoke about her future dreams and aspirations. Excerpts...Now that the Tokyo Paralympics have been postponed to 2021, what are your preparations for the quadrennial event, since you have made the cut in the women's doubles category?First of all, postponement of Paralympics was very disappointing since we (Parul Parmar and Palak) have already qualified for it. We have invested a lot of time, money and made a lot of sacrifices as I left my 12th board examinations also for that since my qualification events - Brazil and Peru in February 2020 - has been clashing with my exams. Now I obviously regret that I would have given my exams but this is the reality as the coronavirus has not spread not only in India but all over the world. And I have accepted the reality and instead of talking about the disadvantages I am focussing upon the positives. It all happened because of national para badminton coach Gaurav Khanna. Gaurav sir smelled it well before the lockdown happened after gauging the situation of China and I moved to Lucknow along with other para shuttlers. I decided to stay in Lucknow - while others left - despite belonging to Jalandhar so that my training wouldn't get affected due to the lockdown. Just wanted to practice hard and concentrate on the 2021 Paralympics as I train three sessions a day from morning to evening. I see postponement time as an advantage as I have got more time to prepare for it. I can play more matches to get more experience. I am taking it in a very positive way and will set my eyes upon Tokyo 2021 to make my nation proud. I definitely feel happy that I am one of the youngest in the Paralympic fraternity in the whole world, and also the world's youngest para-shuttler to qualify for the Tokyo Paralympics. 2019 was a great year as you won 3 gold and one bronze at your maiden National Para Badminton Championships across four categories – women’s singles, women’s doubles, girls’ singles U-19 and in the mixed doubles categories respectively, besides winning four medals at BWF Ranking tournaments (Paralympic qualifiers). Your take on thatI started playing badminton in 2017 only and there were nationals in Bangalore at that time but I was new to the sport and didn't even know much about the game or how to hold a racket properly as it was a beginner's stage for me. Gaurav sir didn't allow me to play my nationals at that time and gave me a target to become national champion. He just told me to concentrate on my training and said that he will tell me when is the right time. I was very excited for the 2018 nationals held in Lucknow as it would have been my first para badminton tournament but that time also he told me to give it a miss saying yo..

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‘Society, government need to be more considerate towards people with disability’

30-year-old para-athlete Manasi Joshi gained recognition after she clinched a gold medal at BWF Para-badminton World Championships final yr. After a competition-heavy 2019, Manasi was eyeing a berth on the Tokyo Paralympics, with qualifying tournaments approaching. However the coronavirus pandemic tore the sporting calendar to shreds as tournaments all around the world began getting suspended.…

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TOISA 2019: Happy that my efforts are helping me get recognition, says Para-athlete of the Year Manasi Joshi

TOISA 2019: Happy that my efforts are helping me get recognition, says Para-athlete of the Year Manasi Joshi

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NEW DELHI: Ace shuttler Manasi Joshi was on Thursday named Para-athlete of the Year at the fourth Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA). The 30-year-old was the joint winner along with another para-badminton player Pramod Bhagat.

The 2019 BWF Para-badminton World Championships gold medallist, Manasi after winning the coveted award told TimesofIndia.com, “Thank you to TOISA and all the jury…

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The Success Story of Disha Pandya

I proudly like to share the success story of Disha Pandya, a National para-athlete Badminton player. As we know quite well that the road to achievement always totes with battle developing an inner mindset to never give up. This obviously matches with Disha.

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Born by a dwarf household with 4 Feet 2 inches height has been rejected continuously for many chances for being a dwarf. As a young kid, her passion for extracurricular activities was always criticized because of her physical handicap. She always said that her home was the best place where she felt comfortable.

She said, "My passion and robust determination will be equivalent to the fully grown body folks even though I could not match with the time frame for my dance measures, footsteps while conducting".

She failed in her examinations in 2003 during her undergraduate. This shattered her as she could not meet the dreams of her parents. But she did not give up. She opted for graphic designing as her career and worked hard. She was eventually capable of getting her first job as a DTP operator after being refused through 17 interviews because of her physical handicap. Lastly, she became the creative director of Shajanand Life Science.

As being a judgemental person from her childhood she shared with a beautiful story where she'd a decision from Vision contested Pooja in a hospital for registering herself as a person. Pooja with no hesitation remarked Disha to be an individual with not losing any human body part. This very clear vision of pooja boosted energy in Disha. She bagged a Silver medal in BWF World Championship 2019 and coaching to the next Para-Badminton match at Tokyo 2020.

In 2017, during a railway journey completing her 10 decades of professional experience, she met Mark Dharmai who encouraged her for Para athletic sports. This went on for a year succeeding as National para athletic Badminton player.

Wishing her athletes a fantastic success making India a Proud Nation having such talent here.

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Manasi Nayana Joshi BWF World Para Badminton Champion 2019.

Manasi Nayana Joshi BWF World Para Badminton Champion 2019.

Manasi Nayana Joshi BWF World Para Badminton Champion 2019.

Manasi Joshi brought home her first gold at the Para World Badminton Championship.

The 30-year old defeated three-time SL3* world champion Parul Parmar with a score of 21-12, 21-7, although she opened slow with 2-7. Speaking to the Paralympic Committee of India, Manasi said,

“I have trained extremely hard, training three sessions a day.…

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Para World Badminton: Manasi Secures Maiden Gold, Says Being World Champion ‘Feels Great’

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Para World Badminton: Manasi Secures Maiden Gold, Says Being World Champion ‘Feels Great’

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The news world has been taken by storm with the badminton star PV Sindhu winning gold at the BWF (Badminton World Federation) World Championship. She received a hero’s welcome when she landed back on Indian soil, followed by a personal meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Let’s take a step back and focus on another shuttle champion who has defied all the odds to be the new world champion at the BWF Para-badminton championship that took place in Switzerland. She beat the world number 1, as well as her Indian compatriot, to bring home her maiden gold.

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Coming from the same Gopi Chand Academy that produced stars like PV Sindhu and Sania Nehwal, Manasi Joshi’s story is much more than what meets the eye.

Manasi held the badminton racket at a very young age and started playing with her father when she was a mere six-year-old. Over the years, she continued the practice that turned into a hobby, and later, went on to play matches at the district level as well.

By the time she was 22, Manasi began her work life and continued to practice badminton. But, the universe had a different plan for her.

On December 2, 2011, Manasi was on her way to work on her two-wheeler, when she met with an accident. A truck hit her, and her left leg went under the wheel, only to be crushed. Before she could be rushed to a hospital and operated on, she had lost a lot. In the process of treating the leg, the doctors realized that it had already gotten infected and amputation was the only way out.

After spending a month and a half in the hospital, coming to terms with reality and learning to walk with a crutch, Manasi was discharged. While the accident lost her a limb, there was nothing to tarnish her optimism. Once the injury had healed, Manasi went ahead to get a prosthetic leg. And, from there, she decided she did not want to look back anymore.

In the next eight months, Manasi went through rehabilitation, in order to learn to walk. The year after her accident, she continued a full-time job and also went on to participate in a badminton match at her office. She did not take the sports goal further since she remained dependent on crutches for support.

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By June 2014, Manasi stepped into the gym and began a full-fledged workout routine to get fit again. The routine involved setting daily targets, walking, and lifting weights. In August that year, she enrolled for trials to represent Maharashtra at the state-level selection for the Asian Games. Although she did not make it, it proved to be a new beginning. That period showed her what she was actually capable of.

She decided to push her limits further with training, and later the same year, she won silver in her first national-level tournament. While participating in her first national-level tournament was in itself a special feeling, her pride was more because of who she played against—Parul Parmar, an Arjuna awardee. As an outcome of her victory, she was selected to play at the Spanish Para-Badminton Championship in March the following year.

And, medal after medal, year after year, Manasi Joshi went on to represent India at the 2019 BWF Para-Badminton Championship in Switzerland and defeated her first national-level opponent, Parul, to come back home with her first gold ever.

Manasi admits that the feeling of being called the world champion is wonderful while remembering that journey is never easy for any athlete, let alone a para-athlete.

All along the journey to her present victory, coach Gopi Chand was a constant driving factor for Manasi. Guiding her in not merely the strokes and fitness, he also helped in a mental level preparation for the match.

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Currently balancing between a full-time job and a badminton regime, Manasi has no gaps to fill in her day. On a normal day, she begins life as early as 4:30 AM and works out and practices before heading off to work.

What Changed Over The Years?

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For several years before her accident, Manasi was focused on her education and career, aiming merely at the material aspects of life. During that time, badminton served merely as a way to stay in shape. However, after her accident badminton turned into a way of life. It was not about fitness anymore. It turned into a means to send out a message.

With strong support from her family, and inspiration all around her in the form of several para-athletes she came in touch with, Manasi went on to do what may have been deemed impossible for several others.

Against all the odds, Manasi proves to be the living testament of “Impossible will take time. Difficult will be done immediately.”

Walk over to the mirror, and take a good look. Have any more excuses? Well, think again.

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Sindhu wins third successive ESPN’s Female Sportsperson of the Year award

World champion shuttler P.V. Sindhu on Thursday won the ESPN’s ‘Female Sportsperson of the Year’ award for a third consecutive time while young shooter Saurabh Chaudhary bagged the honour in the male category.

Saurabh won a total of five World Cup gold medals — two in the men’s 10m air pistol and another three in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at the ISSF World Cup 2019. He also won a 10m air pistol bronze medal at the World Cup in Rio.

Sprinter Dutee Chand became the first winners of the ‘Courage’ award for being inspirational both on and off the field. She fought the world athletics governing body — the IAAF’s discriminatory hypoandrogenism regulations, and earned her right to race again.

In 2019, she became the first Indian athlete to come out and talk about being in a relationship with a female friend.

Ace chess player Koneru Humpy won the award for the ‘Comeback of the Year’ after claiming her first world title in December 2019 by winning the Women’s World Rapid Chess Championships in Moscow to cap a remarkable comeback.

The former junior world champion had taken a two-year maternity sabbatical between 2016 and 2018 to look after her newborn daughter.

Wrestler Deepak Punia’s gold in the world junior championship, silver in the world senior championship, and earning a qualification for the Tokyo Olympics made him a natural choice for the coveted ESPN’s ‘Emerging Sportsperson of the Year’ award.

Pullela Gopichand, chief national badminton coach, claimed the ‘Coach of the Year’ award, for nurturing two Olympic medalists in Saina Nehwal and Sindhu.

Sindhu’s World Championship win, the first by an Indian in badminton, has also been selected as the ‘Moment of the Year’

Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary grabbed the ‘Team of the Year’ honour.’ The 10m air pistol mixed team combination completed their clean sweep at 2019 World Cups.

Manasi Joshi, 30, won ‘Differently-abled athlete of the year/Para-athlete of the year’ award. Joshi became world champion after winning the gold medal at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in 2019.

Hockey legend Balbir Singh (Senior), one of independent India’s most celebrated Olympians, has been conferred with ESPN’s ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award.

Balbir played a starring role in the national hockey team’s triple golds in London 1948, Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956. He also worked with the national team as coach at the 1971 World Cup and as a manager in Kuala Lumpur four years later, when India won their only World Cup title to date.

ESPN Multi-Sport Awards recognised achievements across 10 categories.

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