Tokyo Paralympics: I may have gained gold however rain performed spoilsport, says Mariyappan after high-jump silver

Mariyappan Thangavelu rued the climate situations in Tokyo and blamed the rain for lacking out on the gold medal within the excessive soar last on the Paralympics on Tuesday. Mariyappan needed to accept silver after main the T42 occasion for the most important half as moist socks made it troublesome for him to leap larger.

Mariyappan, who had gained gold on the 2016 Rio Paralympics, revealed that the heavy rain was the rationale he couldn’t obtain his goal of clearing the 1.90m mark and win the highest prize once more.“I could have won gold and claimed the world record (1.96m). I came here with that aim. But the rain played spoilsport. It was a drizzle initially but after the 1.80m mark, it became heavy,” Mariyappan stated after his occasion.After clearing 1.86m, Mariyappan and Sam Grewe twice struggled to clear 1.88m however the American lastly bagged gold medal by hovering over the mark within the last try whereas the Indian couldn’t and completed 2nd forward of compatriot Sharad Kumar, who bagged the bronze medal.“The sock on my other leg (the impaired right leg) got wet and it was difficult to jump,” stated the athlete who suffered everlasting incapacity in his proper leg after it was crushed beneath a bus when he was solely 5.#IND have gained extra @ParaAthletics medals at #Tokyo2020 than at any earlier Paralympic GamesTwo arrived within the males’s excessive soar – T63 alone…#Silver – Mariyappan Thangavelu #Bronze – Sharad KumarCongratulations to @TeamUSA’s Sam Grewe, who took the #gold #Paralympics pic.twitter.com/AsixouBG1W— Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) August 31, 2021
With Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar successful silver and bronze, India took its medal tally to 10 on the Tokyo Paralympics, 6 greater than their best-ever medal haul within the historical past of Paralympic Games. India’s Varun Bhati, the bronze-medal winner from Rio Paralympics, completed seventh within the last.“I could not execute my plan here. I could have cleared 1.90m had it not been the weather conditions. I will try for gold and world record in Paris 2024,” he stated.Mariayappan, who hails from Periavadagampatti village in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, had cleared 1.89m when he gained the gold in 2016 Rio Paralympics.“Weather was the reason why he failed in clearing 1.88m. It is three years from now (for 2024 Paris Olympics). He will win gold there,” stated Satyanarayana, who can also be nationwide Para Athletics chairman and nationwide coach.