Rakesh Kumar had a 2009 car accident, spinal cord injury, severe depression. He discovered archery in Katra, trained under Kuldeep Vedwan, won World Championship Gold and Paris 2024 Bronze, reached World No. 1 in 2026.
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A Karnataka village athlete with a left leg impairment and no specialist coaching. His 1.74m Silver at London 2012 was India’s only medal at those Games. It reignited the country’s relationship with para‑sport. Meet Girisha Nagarajegowda, The Zero‑to‑One Pioneers in this episode and his grit to change the belief in Indian para‑sports.
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Deepthi Jeevanji was born to daily wage labourers with an intellectual impairment, bullied as a child, She set the T20 400m world record at Kobe 2024 (55.07s), and won Bronze at Paris 2024.
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Rinku Hooda lost his arm in a grass-cutting accident, practised javelin alone in Haryana fields with improvised equipment, joined the national camp, and became a consistent world top-five F46 thrower with Asian Para Games Silver.
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Polio in his left leg, active in multiple school sports, discovered an exceptional vertical leap that basketball could not fully use. He pivoted to high jump, trained under specialist coaches and won Rio 2016 Bronze. Meet Varun Singh Bhati, The Bio‑Mechanical Re‑Engineers in this episode.
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A mechanic’s daughter with a congenital leg impairment who could not afford pellets for practice, joined the Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation, set a 10m Air Pistol world record in 2021, and won Bronze at Paris 2024. Learn Rubina Francis, The Mind‑Quiet Precisionists, struggle and her resilience in this episode.
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A Bangalore powerlifter who contracted polio in childhood, funded his own international competitions from personal savings, competed and became the founding figure of modern Indian para‑powerlifting. Explore Farman Basha, The Zero‑to‑One Pioneers life skills and the teachings in this episode.
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Born with cerebral palsy, callipers until age 13. Discovered Paralympic sport via YouTube at 17 and moved to Delhi to get trained, Won two Bronze medals for India at Paris 2024: India’s first-ever Paralympic track medals. Meet Preeti Pal, The Gen‑Z Speed‑Runners in this episode.
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A javelin thrower who competed without a specialist coach, broke the World Record at the 2018 Asian Para Games. Became a World Champion, and sustains world‑record level performance through relentless technical evolution. Meet Sandeep Chaudhary, The System‑Hacking Outsiders in this episode.
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Paralysed by spurious polio drops at age two. He focused on education and athletics simultaneously. Won the 2014 Asian Para Games Gold, and delivered back‑to‑back Paralympic Silver medals at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. Meet Sharad Kumar, The Bio‑Mechanical Re‑Engineers in this episode and his life lessons.
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