A SOS call at 4am on Tuesday morning shook everyone in the medical services team of the World Para Athletics Championships as Poland’s paralympic gold medallist Roza Kozakowska had collapsed in her room, suffering from severe dehydration, vomiting, and heat stroke.

“When our doctors reached her, she was in a critical state lying unconscious, unable to respond,” Brigadier Dr. Bibhu Nayak, Head of medical services, recalled. She was immediately rushed to Safdarjung Hospital, where doctors administered fluids and antibiotics.

However, despite the horrible circumstances, Roza insisted on getting discharged from the hospital and wanted to compete. “At 10 in the morning, I was still on a hospital bed, my energy was zero. I thought the competition was impossible,” said Roza. However, within ano

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