Sep 13, 2024 09:24 PM IST
Yogesh Kathuniya, who won the silver medal at the recently concluded Paralympics talks about his hunger for winning the Gold medal at the next Paralympics!
He has won several medals for the country including two silver medals at the Paralympics, the latest win being at the recently concluded Paris Paralympics. But, it’s a case of this demands my heart more for athlete Yogesh Kathuniya, who insists he only wants to win the gold medal for the country now.
“(Gold medal) I just want it. What should I do? The hunger never ends,” says Kathuniya who won the Silver medal in the Men’s discus throw F56 in Paris this year and previously won the silver at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.
“When I began my journey, it was a difficult decision and a risk, because I was very good at studies. But thanks to my family, they supported my decision so much, that I was really mentally free from everything and I just was totally Focused on training,” he says.
Now, it’s his family who are happier than him to see him win laurels for the country. “They are really satisfied by seeing all my achievements, even more than me. I tell them to wait till I win the Gold and become the first person who can successfully attempt a 50-metre throw, while sitting, which has not been achieved till date,” says Kathuniya, who was amongst many athletes who met and were felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Thursday.
“It was really great meeting him. I told him that he is the Prime Minister for everyone, but for me he is my Param Mitra because he has been with us during our highs and lows. He has been a pillar of strength for all of us,” he concludes.
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