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India’s Sharad Kumar in action. Photo Credit: Reuters
Indians won two medals each in both the men’s high jump T63 and javelin throw F46 categories — silver and bronze, as all five podium finishes for the country at the Paralympics on Tuesday (September 3, 2024) came from para-athletics.
Sharad Kumar and Mariyappan Thangavelu won silver and bronze respectively in the men’s high jump T63, while Ajeet Singh and Sundar Singh Gurjar finished second and third in the javelin throw F46 final.
Kumar jumped 1.88m while Thangavelu’s best effort was 1.85m. World record holder French Ezra of the United States won the gold medal.
The T63 classification is for athletes with a single knee or above-knee limb deficiency.
Ajeet beat Gurjar (64.96m) with a throw of 65.62m in the fifth round. Cuba’s Guillermo Gonzalez Varona won the gold with 66.16m.
The F46 classification is for athletes with arm weakness, impaired muscle strength or impaired passive range of motion in the arms, and athletes compete standing.
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