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India's first Paralympic champion
In 1972, war veteran Murlikant Petkar won India's first Paralympic gold medal.
In 1972, war veteran Murlikant Petkar won India's first ever Paralympic gold medal at the Heidelberg Games. Petkar had been shot and paralysed seven years earlier in a battle during the war with Pakistan, but then took up sprint swimming. He spoke to Adrian Moorhead in 2016. The programme is a Sparklab Production for 麻豆社 World Service.
(Photo: Murlikant Petkar with his medals)
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