‘I found my positivity on court’: Para World champ Krishna Nagar on how he coped with loss of his mother
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Krishna Nagar, India’s brand new para World champion in SH6 category, lost an anchor of his life, his mother, six months after his Tokyo Paralympic triumph in 2021. Grief cast a shadow on his gold, and he plunged into negativity, that ate away at his confidence on the badminton court.
But the sport and support of his friends means the Jaipur pro has rediscovered his winning stomp. It gave Krishna his first para World title at Thailand from three Championships, one among India’s three gold, as he continued to bombard Chinese Lin Naili in the 22-20, 22-20 final at Thailand on Sunday. The SH6 category is for those that are short-statured and suffer from dwarfism.
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