{"id":503,"date":"2012-09-05T20:31:52","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T13:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/\/?p=503"},"modified":"2016-09-01T18:29:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T18:29:23","slug":"girisha-nagarajegowda-leap-to-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/girisha-nagarajegowda-leap-to-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Girisha Nagarajegowda- Leap to Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overcoming obstacles and impairment, Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda leapt to glory by clinching silver in the men\u2019s high jump finals at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. The awe-inspiring story of Nagarajegowda\u2019s reads like a manual that doesn\u2019t come with instructions.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Cruising over the 1.74-meter mark with his second attempt, Nagarajegowda becoming the sixth ever Indian to claim a Paralympic medal.The F24 class, has athletes with impairment affected in their arms and legs, competing to clear the best height of 1.74m.<\/p>\n

Winning is not new to Girisha Nagarajegowda. In January 2012, he bagged a medal in an international meet in Kuwait and another in the Malaysian Para meet in April, 2012.<\/p>\n

“It is a dream come true. I was in New Delhi to meet the President when Sushil Kumar won the silver medal and his performance motivated me. In fact, I felt motivated whenever I saw an athlete winning a medal at the Olympics,” Girisha said, as he got ready for the medal ceremony.<\/p>\n

Son of a daily wage labourer, he quit his secure bank job to concentrate on training. The six months training sans a job has finally paid off. Nagarajegowda has placed Karnataka on the map with this rare feat and \u00a0helped India jump to 53rd place in the medal’s tally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overcoming obstacles and impairment, Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda leapt to glory by clinching silver in the men\u2019s high jump finals at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. The awe-inspiring story of Nagarajegowda\u2019s reads like a manual that doesn\u2019t come with instructions. Cruising over the 1.74-meter mark with his second attempt, Nagarajegowda becoming the sixth ever Indian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":["post-503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t