Mon Sep 02 11:55:02 UTC 2024: – Nishad Kumar won a silver medal in the men’s high jump T47 event at the Paris Paralympics
– India’s overall medal tally is now 7
– Nishad’s highest jump was 2.04m, which was his season’s best
– USA’s Roderick Townsend won gold with a jump of 2.12m
– Georgii Margiev won the bronze with a jump of 2.00m
– T47 is for athletes with a below elbow or wrist amputation or impairment
– Preethi Pal won bronze in the 200m T35 category, becoming the first Indian woman track and field athlete to win two Paralympic medals
– Preethi is only the second Indian woman to win two medals in a single Paralympics after shooter Avani Lekhara

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