Devendra Jhajharia: India's Greatest Paralympian

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A silver medal at Tokyo Paralympics today completes the hat-trick for javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia. Here’s what he had to say before his departure for the games…

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00:00Now I will go and meet my daughter, I have been waiting for her for a long time.

00:14It is a very happy moment for me to make a hat-trick for the country.

00:30The journey of my life is such that life has beaten me so much that it has turned me into gold.

00:51The saddest thing was that there was no power in the village and the electricity was cut off.

01:01You keep a 9-10-year-old child in a hospital for 5-6 months.

01:08That one day was equal to a year for me.

01:20My mother said, go play with the kids, you are fine now.

01:23I said, how will I play with the kids, who will feed me?

01:30You should speak differently, why have you come here, what work do you have?

01:47Study, do whatever you want in your life.

01:50I used to feel at that time.

01:52So I thought I will not be called weak.

02:00In Athens, I made the country a gold medal with a world record.

02:30When the event came, a friend asked me, will you really play?

02:35I said, what are you talking about?

02:37You are talking about playing, see, I will win a gold medal.

03:01I am trying my best to win the third gold medal in the country.

03:10Winning a silver medal in Tokyo has been a historic day for me.

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