But on Saturday, 22-year-old Varun Singh Bhati took a giant stride for Indian sport with a bronze medal leap at the Paralympic Games in Rio, clearing 1.86m to finish on the podium of the men's high jump T-42 event. He was born healthy, but after six months, we observed some abnormalities in his left leg. The coach advised him to consider high jump as a career seriously," Hem Singh said.The school management also installed jumping equipment and a landing pad for Varun. He also won several school-level and national championships in high jump, and registered the 'A' qualification mark for the 2012 Paralympics in London with a jump of 1.60 metres. He plays football and also trains for high jump.

Source: Times of India September 11, 2016 03:09 UTC