Awaiting Palak’s jhalak at Paris

Okay, the T20 World Cup is over. Hold your breath, the excitement has not ended yet. This year, there is a lot more to look forward to. The world’s greatest spectacle, the Olympics, is about to begin! Approximately 10,000 athletes with differing abilities and accomplishments and an estimated 10 million ordinary tourists and spectators will gather in Paris for the 33rd Summer Olympic Games, which will be held for the first time in the City of Lights since 1924, from Friday, July 26, 2024, to Sunday, August 11, 2024.
Friday marked the formal start of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics. The Pioneer’s Shikha Duggal caught up with Indian paralympic athlete Palak Kohli, who won her first-ever medal at the Para-Badminton World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand, to know the gritty girl’s prospects as the nation awaits her jhalak at Paris. Of course, the young athlete is proud of her incredible return at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships, which served as a qualifying event for the Paralympics in Paris. The para badminton path of Palak Kohli is replete with examples of her tenacity. When para badminton made its debut at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021; Kohli, who was born with an undeveloped left arm and left leg, competed in women’s doubles, mixed doubles and singles. It was an amazing feat for her! But she had to have emergency surgery for a bone tumour on her left ankle a year later. Even though a significant change was on the horizon, Kohli persisted in her efforts as usual. It is now over to Paris Paralympics! Palak Kohli, our special interviewee who represents India, is oozing supreme confidence. Hurray!