Mon Sep 02 16:44:29 UTC 2024: – Thulasimathi Murugesan had a birth deformity in her left hand, but her father never told her about it and instead trained her to compete in badminton alongside able-bodied children
– She won India’s first women’s podium at Paris in Para badminton, despite losing in the final
– Thulasimathi grew up in poverty, but her father was determined to make her and her sister great athletes
– Thulasimathi sacrificed a year of college to train at the Gopichand academy in Hyderabad
– She is a huge fan of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, and was thrilled to train at the same academy
– Despite her disability, Thulasimathi is versatile on the court and has a high badminton IQ
– Her training focused on overcoming challenges posed by her non-functioning arm
– Thulasimathi’s success is a fairytale her father told her, and on Monday she achieved it by winning a medal at an international event.

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