Para-athlete Nishad Kumar shared his early financial struggles and his journey to Olympic success.
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00:00If I don't have money, I can't follow an elite diet, I don't have money, I can't take good treatment.
00:07So there were a lot of things like that. I don't have money, I can't buy a supplement, which is the basic need of a normal athlete.
00:13First go for training, then come back and cook food. I haven't seen all this in my life.
00:30The one who has a good financial status, everything is good. It's very simple.
00:51If I don't have money, I can't buy good shoes. If I don't have money, I can't buy a good blouse.
00:56If I don't have money, I can't buy a good T-shirt. If I don't have money, I can't eat a good diet.
01:02If I don't have money, I can't live in a good house in the city. I have to live with a small room.
01:07If I don't have money, I can't follow an elite diet. If I don't have money, I can't take good treatment.
01:14So there were a lot of things like that. I don't have money, I can't buy a supplement, which is the basic need of a normal athlete.
01:20So there were a lot of things like that.
01:23And it was a big challenge for me to live outside the house because I had never lived outside the house.
01:28Stay away from the family, cook food, first go for training, then come back and cook food.
01:38I haven't seen all this in my life.
01:42I used to buy milk from the shop and drink it.
01:45I used to buy milk from the shop and drink it.
01:53So when I shifted to the city, I didn't know which milk to drink.
01:56So when I shifted to the city, I didn't know which milk to drink.
02:01Sometimes I used to ask what he eats in his diet.
02:04Sometimes I used to ask what he eats in his diet.
02:08I used to buy a milk for Rs.19 and drink it.
02:12I used to boil it and make porridge out of it.
02:14I used to boil it and make porridge out of it.
02:19He said no.
02:21He said no.
02:23He used to give me Rs.1500 from his pocket and told his friend.
02:28He was a good friend of his.
02:30He used to support me for Rs.1500 or Rs.2000.
02:35With the help of Going of work, I used to get Rs.10,000-15,000 hourly as we used to earn from the house.
02:48With the help of Going of work, I used to get Rs.10,000-15,000 hourly as we used to earn from the house.
02:51I got it from the shop and gave to my friend.
02:54It is better to drink small glass than big glass juice.
03:03As I told you, I got a medal in the World Championship and my financial condition got better.
03:09I got Rs. 8 lakhs from the Central Government, according to policy.
03:14After that, I got a name in the Government's top scheme.
03:20I got a lot of support from that.
03:22In 2019, I won a medal in the World Championship and I got a quota for the Olympics.
03:28After winning the medal, I got to know that I also got a quota for the Olympics.
03:32I got a quota for the Olympics and that was a huge success.
03:36Later, I got to know that there will be a final trial for this.
03:39If you don't do well in this trial, you won't be selected.
03:42The one who does well will be selected.
03:44This is a wrong thing.
03:46I am getting a quota where someone else is going.
03:48It shouldn't be like this.
03:49I will work hard for that.
03:51It won't be like this.
03:52I will get a quota where someone else is going.
03:54I will work hard for that.
03:55I won't let anyone else go.
03:56Yes, if someone else is doing very well, he deserves it.
04:00He will go.
04:01I worked very hard.
04:03I got a name in the national camp.
04:05I shifted to Bangalore.
04:07A lot of things got better from there.