Mon Sep 02 03:55:40 UTC 2024: India’s Nishad Kumar won a silver medal in the men’s high jump T47 event at the Paris Paralympics. Nishad appeared dejected after failing the third attempt to clear 2.08m. However, Townsend rushed toward him and shared an embrace, after which both the high jumpers had a smile on their faces. Georgii Margiev, who represented the Neutral Paralympic Athletes, won bronze with a best effort of 2m. However, Townsend proved to be the hurdle for Nishad, yet again. Meanwhile, another Indian high jumper, Ram Pal, finished seventh in the event with a personal best of 1.95m. With Nishad’s medal, India took its tally in athletics to 3 medals after Preethi Pal won her second medal in Paris, a bronze in the women’s 200m T35 event. India won 8 medals in track and field in Tokyo. At the age of six, Nishad suffered a severe accident when his right hand got severed by a grass-cutting machine on his family farm. He took up para-athletics in 2009 and has since become a force to be reckoned with in the sport. Nishad headed into the Paralympics after winning a silver medal at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan and the spirited high jumper did not disappoint in Paris.

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