Indian Army lauds Subedar Gunasekaran after he wins 3 Golds at Wuhan

Subedar Anandan Gunsekaran an officer of Indian Army has won three Gold Medals in 7th Military World Games 2019 in Wuhan. Indian Army has congratulated champion and lauded his efforts. 

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Subedar Anandan Gunsekaran wins three Gold medals

Subedar Anandan clinched three Gold medals for Indian Army on Tuesday in seventh World Military games 2019 in Wuhan.  officer has won Gold in 100,200 and 400-meter categories each. Anandan has also qualified for Tokyo Olympics 2020 after winning 200-meter event in Handisport Open Paris 2019. Anandan is first Indian Para Athlete in TT-44 category to win a medal for Army and break Asian Record. 

He was sponsored by Indian Army and Paralympic Committee of India for Sri Lanka Army Para Games where he bagged a silver medal in 100-meter event and a Gold in 200-meter event. In 2018, he participated in Para Asian Games 2018 held at Jakarta, winning silver in 400 meters and bronze in 200 meters events.

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Gunasekaran suffered a mine blast injury

 A member of Madras Sappers since September 2005, he was posted to 10th Engineer Regiment. On June 4, 2008, Anandan stepped on a mine, resulting in a blast. Gunasekaran was n provided with an artificial leg. "If re is one dream I have, it is to run along with able-bodied individuals in a competitive race" he had said in a statement to media. Despite, all setbacks he received he continued to pursue his sporting interests with his new append, qualifying for a range of para-athletic events.

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