Badminton player triumphs over disability

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Badminton player triumphs over disability


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KORAPUT: Nature was defeated at least before the confidence to excel in Krushna Chandra Mahanty, an eighteen-year-old youth from Koraput. Now a successful badminton player despite of his physical disability, Krushna had broken his right leg in an accident when he was only eight-months-old, reducing its length by inches forcing him to limp even to move one step ahead. Since then it was a life filled with challenges.
It was difficult to attend classes in the nearby school. But the determination to grow and become something great in the life, Krushna had fought back to cross all the challenges in relation to his handicapped status.
Apart from studies, the desire to become a badminton player in the life facilitated him to play badminton from an early age, Krushna said. Now when everyones eyes are on this young person playing in the ground during the first ever badminton coaching programme for young people, organised by Elite Indoor Club at Koraput, the struggle to stand and place the shorter leg on the ground covering the full ground surprised everyone including the coaches Gunanidhi Sethi and Subrat Padhi.
It was a real wonder and a source of inspiration for many children and young people, attending the coaching camp, said Mr.Sethi, who had already played six times at the national level badminton championships till date. While Krushna was playing just like any other youth in the camp, covering the full ground attending each ball in the court, he needs to learn many more techniques by participating in camps and tournaments organised especially for the physically challenged people at different places, he added.






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