Arunima Sinha is the world's first female amputee to scale Mount Everest. She was a national level volleyball player who was pushed out of a running train in 2011. One of her legs had to be amputated below the knee to save her. She joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on her successful ascent of Mt Everest.
Q. Hello ma'am, how did you lift yourself up after that tragic event in train? How you managed to be tougher mentally? Asked by: shiv
A. I made my weakness, my strength. People who criticised me helped me, as it influenced me to do better & never give up....
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06:25 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Kathmandu: Arunima Sinha, a former national level volleyball player who had lost one of her legs after being thrown off a moving train, created history on Tuesday by becoming the first Indian amputee to conquer Mount Everest. 25-year-old Sinha reached the 8,848 metre-high summit of the world's highest peak at 10.55 am today, as a member of the Eco Everest Expedition from the Tata Group, an official of the Tourism...
10:38 PM, May 21, 2013
South Africa's celebrated double-amputee blade-runner has been charged with murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp but said in an affidavit presented at a court bail hearing on Tuesday that he he had no intention to kill. ...
05:40 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Sobbing softly with his head in his hands, Olympian Oscar Pistorius was charged on Tuesday with the premeditated murder of his girlfriend on Valentine's Day. The defence lawyer says it was an accidental shooting. ...
02:54 PM, Feb 19, 2013
London: It began with a smile at the starting line. Moments later, Oscar Pistorius took off and the click-click-clicking of carbon on the track was all but drowned out by the 80,000 fans on hand to watch him make history on Saturday. The first amputee to compete in track at the Olympics, Pistorius cruised past an opponent or two in the backstretch of his 400-meter heat, and by the end,...
04:04 PM, Aug 04, 2012
Johannesburg: Oscar Pistorius has been selected to run in both the individual 400 metres and the 4x400-metre relay at the London Olympics and is set to become the first amputee track athlete to compete at any games. In a surprising last-minute decision on Wednesday, South Africa's Olympic committee and national track federation cleared the double amputee to run in his individual event. The Olympic committee earlier announced that Pistorius had...
07:09 PM, Jul 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for failing to comply with its earlier order to provide artificial limbs within one month to victims of the September 7, 2011, blast outside the court. A bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw slotted the next hearing for Thursday. The court had earlier, while hearing a...
11:20 PM, Feb 29, 2012
London: Amputees could regenerate their limbs thanks to scientists on the verge of discovering how salamanders grow back lost legs and damaged organs. Axolotl salamanders are now going under the knife, under anaesthesia, in experiments at the Hanover Medical School in Germany. The hope is one day for their genes to be transplanted to people who lose limbs and organs only to see them regrow. "Coagulation sets in instantly," scientist...
06:00 PM, Dec 07, 2010
Prasanta is a champion in International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports games. ...
09:57 PM, Jan 26, 2010
Natalie is the first amputee athlete to qualify for Olympics and Paralympic Games. ...
11:34 PM, Sep 08, 2008
Double-amputee sprinter Oscar finished second in a 400 metres race with able-bodied athletes. ...
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