Internet Desk : Paralympic Gold Medal winner Devendra Jhajharia has disclosed that a “ deal “ with his six- year old little daughter had encouraged him to win a record two time gold medal in the Paralympics .
Jia, the daughter of Jhajharia who partnered him to train in Rajasthan, secretly made a deal with his father that if she came first in her lower kindergarten exam, he would have to clinch a gold in Paralympics .
"She proudly phoned me to announce that 'I've topped, now it's your turn', something that kept on echoing in my ear when I entered into the field at the Olympic Stadium," Jhajharia, the only Indian to win two gold medals in Paralympics, told the media from Rio after winning the men's F46 javelin throw.
"She would be the happiest person. I will wait for her to wake up and speak to her," he said after breaking his own world record that he set in Athens in 2004.
Devendra was awake whole night and kept talking to his friends and family till the morning in Rio .
"Ab kya sona, ab hamein kuchh nahin hoga. Hum to Rashtriya Dhwaj ke saath celebration karenge ," he said thanking every Indian.
Devendra, whose previous best throw was 62.15 metres, in Athens has improved his throw with the final attempt of 63.97 metres at the Rio Paralympics. Before Paralympics, he trained from April-July in Kuortane, Finland, where he became friends with Kenyan thrower Julius Yego, whom he calls one of his biggest motivators.
"Yego would tell me his story of penury, of how he slept on a broken cot and how he learnt javelin throw by watching YouTube. It was quite an inspiration. If he can achieve after so much of hardships, why can't I.We would train for about seven hours. He would tell me I would surely win a gold in Rio. He went on to win a silver. I will speak to him soon as he has been a strong force behind my success ."
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