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<\/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>\nWinning 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":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/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