Mon Sep 02 11:55:02 UTC 2024: – Nishad Kumar of Team India won silver 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.
– This is Nishad’s second consecutive silver medal at the Paralympic Games, having also won silver in Tokyo three years ago.
– T47 category is for competitors with a below elbow or wrist amputation or impairment.
– Nishad’s silver was India’s third medal in para-athletics and seventh overall in the Paris Paralympics.
– Preethi Pal became the first Indian woman track and field athlete to win two medals at the Paralympics, winning 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 gold and 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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