By virtue of focus, these hearing impaired twins are fulfilling their mother’s aim

The twins started training in archery when they were around 9 years old. “Their focus is their speciality, so I wanted to put them in a sport where they can learn to concentrate more, so I chose archery,” said Agrawal.

They are 11-years-old now, and Gauri, the daughter, competes in Indian bow, whereas the son Krishna competes in compound bow. But Agrawal doesn’t want to make the sport all about winning medals and trophies for them. “I just want them to enjoy the game, winning comes later when they are 17-18. I just want them to experience the game right now,” she said.

She highlights that sports is helping them a lot to socialise, to fight and to become more confident. “When you play best, or better than everyone, you naturally become more confident,” she said.

Even though the initial stages of their training were challenging, the support of their coach Nitin Ambhore made it easier. “If you are not able to hear you need special coaching, and luckily, we found a coach who provided everything they needed. It was difficult for the twins to pick up, but he made it possible. He guided me and I guided them, and they are doing very well now, so we are happy,” she said.

Krishna will be competing tomorrow at the SFA championship for the U14 compound bow.