Left bed-ridden for near 10 years after falling off a cliff, Indian discus thrower Vinod Kumar scripted an astonishing story of resilience by clinching a bronze medal within the males’s F52 occasion of the Paralympics however a protest has put his celebrations on maintain for now. The 41-year-old BSF man, whose Military man father was injured throughout the 1971 Indo-Pakistan conflict, produced a finest throw of 19.91m to complete third behind Piotr Kosewicz (20.02m) of Poland and Velimir Sandor (19.98m) of Croatia. Nevertheless, the end result has been challenged by another opponents, who’ve objected to his classification within the F52 class. The grounds of the protest aren’t clear as the method was accomplished on August 22.
“Outcomes of this occasion are at the moment below overview because of classification remark in competitors. The Victory Ceremony has been postponed to the night session of thirtieth August,” learn an announcement from the Video games organisers.
F52 is for athletes with impaired muscle energy, restricted vary of motion, limb deficiency or leg size distinction, with athletes competing in seated place with cervical wire damage, spinal wire damage, amputation, and practical dysfunction.
Para-athletes are categorized relying on the kind and extent of their incapacity. The classification system permits athletes to compete these with the same stage of potential.
The Haryana-athlete’s efficiency was an Asian document and gave India its third medal of the continued version, which occurs to be his debut.
Vinod injured his legs whereas coaching after becoming a member of the BSF, falling off a cliff in Leh that left him bed-ridden for near a decade throughout which he misplaced each his dad and mom.
His situation improved round 2012 and his tryst with para-sports started after the 2016 Rio Video games. He started coaching on the Rohtak’s Sports activities Authority of India centre and picked up a few nationwide bronze medals, justifying the outdated adage that the place there’s a will, a method just isn’t too far.
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His first worldwide outing occurred in 2019 when he participated within the Paris Grand Prix earlier than ending fourth on the earth championships the identical yr.
Bhavinaben Patel and Nishad Kumar had earlier received a silver every in ladies’s singles desk tennis class 4 and males’s T47 excessive soar occasions respectively on Sunday.
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