Mon Sep 02 11:55:02 UTC 2024: – Nishad Kumar of Team India won silver in the 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 successive silver at the Paralympic Games, having won a silver in the Tokyo Paralympics 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 from 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
– Preethi is 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 three years ago.
Nishad Kumar wins silver in high jump T47 category
Nishad Kumar wins silver in high jump T47 category
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