Tokyo Paralympics: Praveen Kumar wins silver medal with Asian record in men's high jump T64
Other Sports | September 03, 2021 8:50 ISTWith an Asian Record score of 2.07 in the men's high jump T64 event, Praveen Kumar clinched a silver medal.
With an Asian Record score of 2.07 in the men's high jump T64 event, Praveen Kumar clinched a silver medal.
Making his debut at the Games, the 28-year-old's best effort was a 13.48m throw in the eight-strong field.
Olympics gold medal winners in Tokyo received a $20,000 bonus from the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC).
World no.1 Pramod Bhagat has reached the semifinals of the men's singles SL3 competition at Tokyo Paralympics.
The 35-year-old Jakhar was eliminated at the end of the seventh series in the finals after qualifying second with a score of 576.
Indian shuttlers Suhas Yathiraj, Tarun Dhillon and Krishna Nagar opened their men's singles campaign on an impressive note in the badminton competition of the Tokyo Paralympics.
Aruna Tanwar forced to withdraw from the repechage round of the Paralympics women's taekwondo K44-49kg class because of severe injuries sustained during her opening bout of the Games.
India's Aruna Tanwar lost to fourth-seeded Espinoza Carranza of Peru in the women's taekwondo K44-49kg quarterfinals of the Paralympics
Prachi recorded a time of one minute, 11.098 seconds to qualify for the semifinals.
Tarun didn't break a sweat, beating Thailand's Siripong Teamarrom 21-7 21-13 in a group B match that lasted 23 minutes.
Yathiraj defeated Pott 21-9 21-3 in the first match of men's singles SL4 Group A.
Bhagat, the reigning world champion, outwitted fellow Indian Manoj Sarkar 21-10 21-23 21-9 in his men's singles group A class SL3 opener that lasted 56 minutes.
Kumar's best effort of the evening was 27.77m, which was also his season's best performance.
Bhagat and Kohli, competing in SL3-SU5 class, went down 9-21 21-15 19-21 against the French team in 43 minutes at the Yoyogi national stadium.
Jadhav, whose two hands were amputated below the elbow at the age of 11 due to electrocution, was found to have "performed more than one fly kick after the turn".
Shooter Avani Lekhara, who won Paralympic gold earlier, failed to replicate her success as she crashed out in the qualification round of the mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 event.
Defending champion Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar won a silver and bronze respectively in the men's high jump T42 event at the Paralympics.
The 29-year-old Patna-born athlete, who jumped to 1.73m to win the bronze, suffered meniscus dislocation (a type of knee injury) on Monday and wept all through the night.
Mariyappan, who hails from Periavadagampatti village in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, had cleared 1.89m when he won the gold in 2016 Rio Paralympics.
The 23-year-old from Sonepat on Monday produced an awe-inspiring performance when he smashed his own world record not once but five times to clinch the gold in the men's javelin F64 with a throw of 68.55m.
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