Disability to superability: How the world's best differently-abled athletes prep...

The 16th Summer Paralympic Games began on August 24 in Tokyo, and is a testament to the grit of differently-abled athletes across the globe

Aug 28, 2021, 07:23 IST2 min

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Varun Singh Bhati, 26High jumpTraining location: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New DelhiHails from: Jamalpur, BiharChallenges that he overcame&ldquoMy father, a farmer, moved our family to Grea...

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Blake Leeper, an eight-time paralympic track and field international medallist, world-record holder and three-time American record holder, trains at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles, Calif...

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Ibrahim al-Hussein, a Syrian refugee who is an amputee swimmer, takes part in a training session at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Athens, Greece

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Athletes of Japan&rsquos Team A compete in a 4x100 m universal relay category during a para-athletics test event for the Paralympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo

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Hiroaki Kajisa (left) of Japan and his guide Satoshi Toyoshima compete in the men&rsquos 1500 m-T11 category at the test event in Tokyo

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Palak Kohli, 19badmintonTraining location: Lucknow, Uttar PradeshHails from: Jalandhar, PunjabChallenges that she overcame&ldquoTo reach where I am, the major challenge that I had to overco...

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Sandeep Chaudhary, 25Javelin throwTraining location: Bahalgarh, SonepatHails from: Jhunjhunu, RajasthanChallenges that he overcame&ldquoWe come from a family of soldiers. My father was in t...

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Angel Archer, a Mexican paralympic discus throw athlete, practises in Naucalpan de Juarez, Mexico. He won a bronze medal during the 2019 Lima Parapan American Games

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Jose de Jesus Castillo, a paralympic powerlifting medallist, exercises at his residence in Guadalajara, Mexico. He has been training at home since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic

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