IN PHOTOS: Know India`s para star Preethi Pal`s early life challenges

Updated On: 02 September, 2024 02:06 PM IST | Sujay Shivalkar

Indian para-athlete Preethi Pal scripted history at the Paris Paralympics 2024. Here is all you need to know about the challenges she faced in her initial stages of life (Pic: File Pic/X/@RCBTweets/@narendramodi/@sachin_rt)

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<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/paris-paralympics-2024-preethi-pal-wins-bronze-in-womens-t35-100m-event-23383659" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Preethi Pal</strong></a> faced significant physical challenges when she was born as her lower body was plastered for six days after birth. Weak legs and an irregular leg posture made her prone to various diseases</p>

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Preethi Pal faced significant physical challenges when she was born as her lower body was plastered for six days after birth. Weak legs and an irregular leg posture made her prone to various diseases

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She underwent various traditional treatments to strengthen her legs, including wearing callipers for eight years from the age of five

<p>At 17, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/cant-believe-i-won-23383981" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Preethi</strong></a>`s perspective began to change when she watched the Paralympic Games on social media. But her life-changing moment came when she met Paralympic athlete Fatima Khatoon, who introduced her to para-athletics</p>

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At 17, Preethi`s perspective began to change when she watched the Paralympic Games on social media. But her life-changing moment came when she met Paralympic athlete Fatima Khatoon, who introduced her to para-athletics

<p>Preethi Pal, a farmer`s daughter from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, had clinched <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/paris-paralympics-2024-indias-medal-tally-winners-avani-lekhara-preethi-pal-23383699" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>India</strong></a>`s first athletics medal in a Paralympics track event, winning a bronze in the women`s T35 100m competition with a personal best time of 14.21 seconds</p>

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Preethi Pal, a farmer`s daughter from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, had clinched India`s first athletics medal in a Paralympics track event, winning a bronze in the women`s T35 100m competition with a personal best time of 14.21 seconds

<p>She scripted history during the ongoing <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/paris-paralympics-2024-preethi-pal-scripts-history-in-track-and-field-with-bronze-in-200m-t35-23384989" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Paris Paralympics 2024</strong></a> as she became the first Indian woman track and field athlete to win two medals (both bronze) in the single edition of the Para Games</p>

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She scripted history during the ongoing Paris Paralympics 2024 as she became the first Indian woman track and field athlete to win two medals (both bronze) in the single edition of the Para Games

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