New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): As India prepares to host the World Para Athletics Championships for the very first time, Yogesh Kathuniya, the Paralympics silver medallist in males’s discus throw F56, is extra decided than ever.
The IndianOil-sponsored occasion might be held on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, from September 27 to October 5. This version of the championships is historic not simply because it’s the first time such a world para athletics occasion is coming to India and to South Asia, but in addition as a result of it provides Yogesh the house benefit and the possibility to push his limits in entrance of his personal folks.
For Yogesh, this isn’t simply one other competitors. His whole household might be there, cheering him on, witnessing each toss, each breath. Having family members within the stands means greater than emotional assist it’s the enhance that transforms strain into energy.
‘Competing at a World Championship on dwelling soil is a once-in-a-lifetime expertise. Knowing my household might be within the stands offers me further motivation to carry out at my best,’ Yogesh mentioned as quoted by a press launch from the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI). Yogesh, who claimed a silver medal on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics within the F56 discus throw occasion, enters this Championship with a transparent ambition: to interrupt his personal world document. He has been coaching intensively, sharpening his method, fine-tuning his throws, and on this dwelling occasion, he desires nothing lower than his finest.
‘My intention is to interrupt my world document right here in Delhi. I’m wanting ahead to competing in opposition to the robust Brazilian thrower Batista dos Santos, it’s a nice problem,’ he added.
Yogesh hopes that this Championship won’t solely be about medals and data but in addition about inspiration. (ANI)