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Nishad Kumar of Team India competes during the Para Athletics – Men’s High Jump – T47 Final on day four of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Stade de France in Paris, France on September 01, 2024. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
T-47 category high jumper Nishad Kumar won his second consecutive silver medal at the Paralympic Games with a season’s best effort of 2.04m here on Sunday (September 1, 2024).
Nishad also won a silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago. Then he jumped 2.06 meters in Tokyo.
The T47 is for competitors with cuts or damage to the elbow or wrist below the elbow.
Nishad’s silver medal was India’s third in para-athletics at the Paris Paralympics and the country’s seventh overall.
earlier in the day, Preeti Pal created history She became the first Indian female track and field athlete to win two medals at the Paralympics while winning the bronze medal in the 200m T35 category with a personal best time of 30.01 seconds.
23-year-old Preeti became the second Indian woman to win two medals (both bronze) at the same Paralympics. Before her, shooter Avani Lekhara had won gold and bronze in Tokyo three years ago.
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