A Haryana athlete who lost mobility and trained without specialised frames. Earned Asian Para Games Bronze, and led the Indian contingent as flag‑bearer at Tokyo 2020. In this episode, we learn from Tek Chand—The System-Hacking Outsider—about building consistency, and resilience when the odds are stacked against you
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A school footballer whose serious knee injury closed one sport and opened another. Under Pullela Gopichand, he rebuilt into a World No. 1 SL4 para‑badminton player with two World Championship Golds. Let us get the inspiration from Tarun Dhillon, The Bio‑Mechanical Re‑Engineers in this episode.
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A PhD student from a Haryana farming family who watched archery on television in 2012 and decided to become the first Indian archer to win a Paralympic Gold. Read the story of Harvinder Singh, The Mind‑Quiet Precisionists and the lessons from his life.
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Paralysed by polio at a very young age, Rajinder Singh Rahelu was carried to school by his brothers. Despite this, he went on to win India’s first-ever Paralympic powerlifting medal at Athens 2004. Learn from The Zero-to-One Pioneers’ life teachings.
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Praveen Kumar, One of the youngest Indian Paralympic Gold medallists in history. The Gen-Z Speed-Runners. Silver at 18. Gold at Paris 2024 with an Asian Record.
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ASCENT CODE: Episode 6 The 1984 Multi-Medal Legend Joginder Singh Bedi, The Zero-to-One Pioneers. How a war veteran with no coaching, no funding, and no throwing chair won three medals at a single Paralympics and set a record that stood for 37 years. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This episode of Ascent Code is the story […]
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Ascent Code Episode 5 — Kumar Nitesh, IIT scholar and Paralympic Gold medalist, proves that intellectual rigour is the ultimate competitive weapon in sport and life.
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Ascent Code Episode 4 explores how Mariyappan Thangavelu turned a childhood disability into Olympic gold. A powerful lesson in constraint-driven innovation and resilience
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