Para swimmer Satyendra Singh first Divyang sportsperson of country to get prestigious Adventure Award

Para-swimmer Satyendra Singh Lohia of Madhya Pradesh is the first Divyanga Indian sportsperson of the country, who has been awarded today with the Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award. He is also the first Asian Divyang swimmer to cross the 42-kilometer Catalina Channel in the US in just 11 hours 34 minutes. Shri Lohia says,''I have made my problem my strength. Divyang only needs cooperation and respect, not sympathy." Para-swimmer Satyendra Singh was also conferred with the...