Malik: It’s time the efforts of Paralympians are recognised

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src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/imgsize-86143,msid-54669315,width-400,resizemode-4/54669315.jpg" pg=""></div><div class="MovieReviewCritic reviewTabsID"><arttextxml><div class="section1"><div class="Normal">By <strong>Arjun Ambarnath</strong><br> <br> When Paralympians put in equal hours of hard work, then why are they dripved of the same honour, felt silver medallist Deepa Malik.<br> <br> The mother-of-two made a plea for para-athletes to be recognised on par with able-bodied competitors. Speaking at a felicitation function organised for the four medal winners — Devendra Jhajharia, Mariayappan Thangavelu, Varun Bhati and Malik — yesterday, a grateful Malik said India was on the cusp of a take-off at the Paralympic level, and urged more infrastructure and support from the community.<br> <br><div style="clear: both;" class="ctn_ads_AR_2 vidad vidad-54669315"><div class="clearfix"></div></div><script> (function(){ var vidads = "vidad-"+54669315; var mobile = (/iphone|ipod|android|blackberry|mini|iemobile|sce|palm/i.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase())); })(); </script><script type="text/x-jquery-tmpl" id="ctn_belowarticle_2"><li class="clearfix"><a pg="ctn_belowarticle_2_paid#~pg-tag~" href="~url~" target="_blank" title="~name~" class="ad_img"><img pg="ctn_belowarticle_2_paid#~pg-tag~" data-src="~sImg~" src="~sImg~"><span class="ad_heading">~name~</span></a><span class="ad_brand">~brandtext~</span></li></script><script type="text/javascript"> var hideAds = function($containerElem){ if($containerElem && $containerElem.length != 0){ $($containerElem[0].parentNode.parentNode).hide(); } } </script> “I think it’s high time all the unsung heroes, past and present, were applauded. Hardly anyone knows about them. It’s time all the efforts being put in by the Paralympians to keep our flag flying high at the Olympic level is recognised,” she said.<br> <br> “It’s sad that every time we say Paralympics we have to add Olympic to it, because it is still not understood that Paralympics also means an Olympic level competition. Para-sports was becoming synonymous to the underprivileged or more like a charity sport because it had disability attached with it. But I’m glad all these functions are happening, and I urge continued support,” she added.<br> <div data-adsSlot="MumbaiMirror_Mweb/MumbaiMirror_Mweb_ROS/MM_MWEB_ROS_Mrec" class="mobileonly text-center" data-size="[300,250]" id="div-gpt-ad-1528457084295-2-mob-54669315-22"></div><br> The four medallists, along with those from past editions — Murlikant Petkar (1972), Bhimrao Keskar (1984), Joginder Singh Bedi (1984), Rajinder Singh Rahelu (2004) and HN Girisha (2012) — each received a cheque for Rs. 15 lakh. GoSports Foundation, who is taking care of the athletes’ needs, also received Rs. 35 lakh to continue its endeavour in supporting and developing future Paralympic champions.<br> <br> Jhajharia, who won gold in the men’s javelin, said the long hours of training before Rio paid off. “My world record was broken after 12 years in Rio. Before this, I held the world record in 2004, which no one was able to break. I went to Finland for training and used to train for eight hours, which is the longest training of my life,” he said. He considers Sachin Tendulkar as his role model. “I was the flag-bearer of the country in Rio, so the responsibility was more on me for India. People discussed that Devendra is 35 years old and will not be able to do. But age is not a factor, your efforts (matter). I consider Sachin Sir as my role model. I am happy I could meet him,” he added.<br> <div data-adsSlot="MumbaiMirror_Mweb/MumbaiMirror_Mweb_ROS/MM_MWEB_ROS_Mrec1" class="mobileonly text-center" data-size="[300,250]" id="div-gpt-ad-1528457084295-2-mob-54669315-30"></div><br> A shy Thangavelu Mariappan said his mother had given him everything to see him win a gold medal, and he felt it was time to give back.<br> <br> “My mother took great pains to bring me up....and when I stood on that podium, I felt it was time that I looked after her now. 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