. He fought the water the way he had fought his opponents in the ring, dragging his weightless legs through the chlorine until his arms screamed. Through sheer, agonizing persistence, he qualified for the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics

The world tried to tell Chandu he was finished. The nurses looked at him with pity; his fellow soldiers spoke of him in the past tense. But within the broken body, the spirit of the village boy remained unbroken. He didn't just want to walk; he wanted to compete.