Mariyappan cleared 1.86m while the American gold winner Sam Grewe succeeded in soaring above 1.88m in his third attempt. Kumar took the bronze with an effort of 1.83.
At the Asaka Shooting Range here on Tuesday, the monumental effort paid off as the 39-year-old, only four years after taking to the sport, won the Paralympics bronze medal.
It was 2015, when tragedy struck Sumit, a budding wrestler back then. Barely 17, he lost his left leg below the knee following a motorbike accident.
The 40-year-old para-javelin thrower had won gold in 2004 Athens and 2016 Rio Games and now a silver at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics in javelin.
Rasouli and teammate Zakia Khudadadi got to Tokyo on Saturday after being evacuated from Kabul.
Para-shooter Singhraj settles for the Bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in the Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1.
The Indian women's table tennis team including Bhavina Patel was outclassed 0-2 by China in the Class 4-5 quarterfinal at the Paralympic Games.
Iran's Sareh Javanmardi won the gold medal with a world record score of 239.2. Rubina held the previous world record with 238.1.
Rakesh lost to Ai 143-145 in the quarterfinal clash, thus ending India's campaign in the compound archery section of the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
Sumit clinched India's second gold at the ongoing Paralympics, shattering the men's F64 category world record multiple times in a stunning Games debut performance on Monday.
The wrestler-turned-javelin thrower clinched India's second gold at the ongoing Paralympics here on Monday, shattering the men's F64 category world record multiple times in a stunning Games debut performance.
Sumit dominated the javelin F64 event to clinch the gold medal with a world record throw of 68.55m; obliterating his previous world record of 62.88m (in 2019).
Devendra Jhajharia clinched a stupendous third Paralympic medal, a silver this time, while discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya also finished second as India surpassed its best-ever medal tally at the Games on Monday.
Vinod Kumar produced a best throw of 19.91m to finish third behind Piotr Kosewicz (20.02m) of Poland and Velimir Sandor (19.98m) of Croatia on Sunday.
His father passed away last year after being diagnosed with cancer. He was not by his side at that time and it rankles him.
Life turned upside down for Avani Lekhara pretty early when a car accident rendered her immobile as an 11-year-old but what the tragedy could not do was take away her resolve.
A 9.9 followed by a 9.5 put an end to Indian shooter Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar's hopes as he slipped from the top position to fourth in the R1 Men's 10m Air Rifle - SH1 final.
A car accident in 2012 left Avani Lekhara wheelchair-bound but on Monday the shooter felt "on top of the world" after becoming the first Indian woman to snare a Paralympic gold medal.
Unhalkar had a total of 615.2 in the qualifying round with scores of 103.1, 101.6, 102.2, 102.0, 102.8, 103.5.
Devendra Jhajharia won silver and Sundar Singh won bronze medal in javelin throw F45 category at Tokyo Paralympics.
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