more-inShe had to take a loan from a cooperative society to participate in the Para Swimming Championship in Germany. However, the visually challenged 26-year-old went on to win a silver medal in Berlin earlier this month and became the only Indian woman to qualify for the World Para Swimming Championship to be held later this year in Mexico. She won the medal in the 200-metre Individual Medley in the Para Swimming Championship. The “irresponsible” behaviour of Kanwaljeet Singh Sandhu, the coach accompanying the Indian contingent, only made things worse, she said. Ms. Pande said she also suffered the embarrassment of being caught without a ticket on a tram in Berlin.

Source: The Hindu July 13, 2017 01:52 UTC