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 Greater Noida just to give us good education. At school, I played basketball very well and won many championships. However, I was rejected to play the nationals in spite of being one of the best players bec
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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, California. He is hoping to be the first double amputee to compete in the Games for the American team. A panel appointed by track and field&rsquos global governing body recently ruled that Leeper&rsquos blad
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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 overcome was how people saw me&mdashas a person with disability. There would always be some sort of sympathy from them and they would use terms like &lsquobechari&rsquo to address me. With my achievements in
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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 the CRPF and was paralysed on duty in 2013. I was permanently disabled after a bike accident in 2008. Our villagers would pity us because of this and I was determined to get rid of that &lsquonegativity&
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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
