Nishad Kumar jumped an Asian file of two.06m to win the silver medal in males’s excessive soar (T46/47).© Twitter
After successful a silver medal within the excessive soar occasion of the continued Tokyo Paralympics, Nishad Kumar on Sunday mentioned that he needs his win encourages extra para-athletes to comply with their ardour. “I’m very glad after successful a silver medal on the Tokyo Paralympics. I wish to thank the Sports activities Authority of India and the Prime Minister. I’ve gotten the specified assist from everybody. PCI has all the time helped me, I’m ecstatic after successful the medal,” Nishad instructed ANI.
“I hope this medal has made everybody proud and I hope it encourages extra para-athletes to comply with their ardour,” he added.
Kumar clinched the silver on the excessive soar occasion, creating a brand new Asian file of two.06m and marking the second silver for India.
USA’s Roderick Townsend received gold whereas Dallas Sensible shared the second spot with Nishad. Townsend made the soar of two.15m whereas Sensible recorded a soar of two.06 m. Nishad and Sensible each completed on the identical mark, however Nishad had crossed the two.02 mark in his first try whereas Sensible took two.
India’s Rampal Chahar completed on the fifth spot with a soar of 1.94m.
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Earlier within the day, India’s para desk tennis participant Bhavinaben Patel received silver as she misplaced the gold medal match to China’s Zhou Ying 3-0 within the ladies’s singles – Class 4 within the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday.
With this silver medal, Bhavinaben grew to become the primary desk tennis participant ever to win a medal on the Paralympics for India and the second feminine athlete after PCI chief Deepa Malik to attain this feat. Deepa had received silver at Rio 2016 in ladies’s shot put.
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