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Nishad Kumar became the third Indian to win two golds at a single Asian Para Games, setting a T47 high jump Games record.
Indian para athlete Nishad Kumar competes in the men’s high jump T47 event at the Paralympics 2024
Double Paralympic medallist high-jumper Nishad Kumar on Tuesday scripted history to become just the third Indian to win two gold medals in a single edition of the Asian Para Games as he clinched the top spot in the men’s T47 event with a Games record in Aichi-Nagoya.
Having clinched gold in the T47 long jump on Monday, Nishad struck gold again on Tuesday, clearing 2.04m to win the high jump title and set a new Games record.
Ankur Dhama, who competed in the men’s 5000m T11 and 1500m T11 events and armless archer Sheetal Devi, who took part in the women’s individual compound open and mixed team compound open events, had won two gold medals each at the previous edition in Hangzhou, China.
The T47 classification is for athletes with upper-limb impairments. Nishad lost his right arm at the age of six after it was severed by a grass-cutting machine at his family farm in Amb, Himachal Pradesh.
At the end of Day 2, India stood sixth in the medal tally with 35 medals: nine gold, 11 silver and 15 bronze. Athletics accounted for 20 of the nation’s medals.
Deepthi Jeevanji set the tone early in the day, reaffirming her continental dominance by clinching a second successive gold in the women’s 400m T20 event with a Games-record time of 56.36 seconds.
The T20 classification is for athletes with intellectual impairments who may face challenges in processing information, maintaining concentration and executing race plans or tactical strategies.
The 23-year-old from Telangana is a former world champion and had won a bronze in the 2024 Paralympics.
India’s gold-medal haul continued as visually impaired sprinter Simran Sharma won the women’s 200m T12, while wheelchair-bound Pranav Soorma (F51/52/53) and Devender Kumar (F44/64) clinched gold in their respective discus throw events.
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Ask News18Nishad Kumar became only the third Indian to win two gold medals in a single edition of the Asian Para Games after clinching the men’s high jump T47 title with a Games-record clearance of 2.04m, following his long jump gold earlier in the week.
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