<p>Chikkamagaluru: Visually challenged athlete Rakshitha Raju has been selected for paralympics to be held in Paris from August 28.</p><p>She belongs to Guddadahalli near Baluru of Mudigere taluk.</p><p>Rakshita lost her mother at an age of two years and when she was ten years old, she lost her father.</p><p>Later, Rakshitha Raju was brought up by her grandmother.</p><p>Under the guidance of her teacher Cynthia Fess, she studied at the Ashakirana school for the blind in Chikkamagaluru.</p><p>Along with studies, Rakshitha excelled in sports and won the 400 meters race as a part of the National level sports tournament for visually challenged held in Delhi in 2016.</p><p>She won medals in Asian para games in 2018 and 2023.</p><p>Rakshitha has been selected for the 1500-meter (middle distance) race in paralympics.</p><p>Rakshitha Raju said she will do her best to win a medal for India.</p>
<p>Chikkamagaluru: Visually challenged athlete Rakshitha Raju has been selected for paralympics to be held in Paris from August 28.</p><p>She belongs to Guddadahalli near Baluru of Mudigere taluk.</p><p>Rakshita lost her mother at an age of two years and when she was ten years old, she lost her father.</p><p>Later, Rakshitha Raju was brought up by her grandmother.</p><p>Under the guidance of her teacher Cynthia Fess, she studied at the Ashakirana school for the blind in Chikkamagaluru.</p><p>Along with studies, Rakshitha excelled in sports and won the 400 meters race as a part of the National level sports tournament for visually challenged held in Delhi in 2016.</p><p>She won medals in Asian para games in 2018 and 2023.</p><p>Rakshitha has been selected for the 1500-meter (middle distance) race in paralympics.</p><p>Rakshitha Raju said she will do her best to win a medal for India.</p>