Her path to the track was not typical, it was filled with challenges on every step, which started right from the time she was born.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Doctors said I wouldn\u2019t make it, and back then, no one was too bothered - it was early, and I was a girl. But my father decided to keep me alive. I survived without machines but with many problems. I grew up with weak eyes, muscles, and body. I never even dreamt of the Olympics - just hoped for a small job to support my family,\" Simran recalled at the House of Glory podcast, an initiative by the Gagan Narang Sports Foundation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But everything changed after marriage. Gajendra Singh, her husband and coach, saw a spark in her. \u201cHe never let me do household work. He said just eat well and train. He made sure I didn\u2019t wear a veil, didn\u2019t follow the restrictions women in our village were used to. He had one goal - the Olympics,\u201d shared the 2024 Paris Paralympics bronze medallist.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThere were days I trained her so hard, she\u2019d be vomiting on the ground,\u201d Armyman Gajendra remembered. \u201cMy mother saw her once and asked me, \u2018Are you trying to kill her?\u2019 But I knew what she needed to reach that level. I used to spend hours in the kitchen working on her diet and on the field training her methodically.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But behind the physical struggle was a mental one. At the 2019 World Championships, Simran competed while her father was on a ventilator and her husband was drowning in debt from her training.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cMy dad\u2019s medicine cost Rs 150 and we couldn\u2019t afford it. Everyone blamed my husband for supporting me. I broke down. I thought, maybe if I\u2019m not there, the problems will go too. I tried to commit suicide,\u201d Simran revealed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But again with her husband's help and support, she was able to bounce back as she shared, \u201cHe said, \u2018We\u2019ll fall, but we\u2019ll rise again. We\u2019ll never give up. I\u2019m with you till the end\u2019.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cMy dad\u2019s medicine cost Rs 150 and we couldn\u2019t afford it. Everyone blamed my husband for supporting me. I broke down. I thought, maybe if I\u2019m not there, the problems will go too. I tried to commit suicide,\u201d Simran revealed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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