Mon Sep 02 11:55:02 UTC 2024: – Nishad Kumar of Team India won a silver medal in the Para Athletics Men’s High Jump T47 Final at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games with a season’s best effort of 2.04m.
– Nishad had previously won a silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago.
– The T47 category is for competitors with a below elbow or wrist amputation or impairment.
– Nishad’s silver medal was India’s third medal in para-athletics and seventh overall at the Paris Paralympics.
– Preethi Pal made history by becoming the first Indian woman track and field athlete to win two medals at the Paralympics, clinching bronze in the 200m T35 category with a personal best time of 30.01 seconds.
– Preethi is only the second Indian woman to win two medals in a single Paralympics, after shooter Avani Lekhara who won a gold and a bronze in Tokyo.
Nishad Kumar wins silver in high jump T47 category
Nishad Kumar wins silver in high jump T47 category
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