And here we are on the last assignment of the series. Yes, we did it! Feels awesome, right? :)<\/p>\n
What will you do in this assignment?<\/strong><\/span> – You would read about an interesting event,\u00a0watch a video on it, and then answer a question based on those.\u00a0This assignment is an overdose of inspiration and can end up giving you serious life goals :)<\/p>\n Today’s situation (source<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n In a country obsessed with cricket, other sports often feel neglected and don’t get the due attention. Further, our\u00a0focus in India has always been on doing well in studies and sports is considered a mere hobby at best or a distraction at worst. No wonder, for a nation\u00a0of 1.2 billion and a contingent of 100+ sports persons, India’s medal tally at Olympics usually has only a medal or two to show.<\/p>\n However, not all hope is lost. Even lesser known than our Olympics athletes and their performance is our athletes’ performance in Paralympics<\/strong> (the equivalent of Olympics for athletes with physical disabilities). In 2016, at Rio Paralympics (organised right after Rio Olympics), Indian contingent had 19 athletes and it won 4 medals (2 Gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze).\u00a0Devendra Jhajharia<\/strong> and Mariyappan Thangavelu<\/strong> won gold in javelin throw and high jump events respectively.\u00a0Deepa Malik<\/strong> won silver in shot put event and Varun Singh Bhati<\/strong> won bronze in the men’s high jump event.<\/p>\n This assignment is our attempt to recognise these heroes, to thank them for inspiring us, to give them a place in our collective memories, and to make them known to younger generations to come. And if you think that just because these are Paralympics, the performance of the athletes would be sub-par or the excitement levels would be low, you are in for a surprise. In 1500 meters race at Paralympics 2016, even the 4th place finisher ran faster than the Gold medal winner of the same event in the Olympics game (source<\/a>). And as far as excitement levels are concerned, watch the video below –<\/p>\n