Tokyo Paralympics: Praveen Kumar wins silver in males’s excessive soar, turns into India’s eleventh medallist

Praveen Kumar turned India’s fourth medallist in males’s excessive soar and eleventh medallist total on the Tokyo Paralympics as he gained silver with an Asian file soar of two.07m. Praveen is India’s fourth medallist in males’s excessive soar. (Courtesy: Paralympics Games Youtube screenshot)HIGHLIGHTSPraveen is India’s fourth medallist in males’s excessive soar at Tokyo Games after Nishad Kumar, Mariyappan Thangavelu, and Sharad KumarHe sat by way of the 1.93m mark earlier than clearing 1.97m on his first try, which was sufficient to make sure him a medalPraveen is India’s eleventh medallist on the Tokyo ParalympicsPara excessive jumper Praveen Kumar gained silver on Friday to assert India’s eleventh medal on the Tokyo Paralympics. Praveen cleared the Asian file with a 2.07m soar, ending behind Great Britain’s Jonathan Broom-Edwards, who managed a greatest soar of two.10m on a rain-soaked monitor on the Olympic Stadium.

Praveen is India’s fourth medallist in males’s excessive soar at Tokyo Games after Nishad Kumar, Mariyappan Thangavelu, and Sharad Kumar.Praveen, 18, handed on his first try of 1.83m and straight cleared 1.88m in his first soar. He sat by way of the 1.93m mark earlier than clearing 1.97m on his first try. The soar ensured him of a medal.Good morning India!!We have secured our eleventh medal, this time within the Men’s High Jump T64 occasion courtesy Praveen Kumar. What a superb efficiency to carry house. The nation can be pleased with his distinctive effort!#Praise4Para @narendramodi @ianuragthakur @NisithPramanik— Deepa Malik (@DeepaAthlete) September 3, 2021
He then took two makes an attempt to clear the two.01m mark after which cleared 2.04m in his first try. He could not clear the two.07m mark in his first try. However, he made a clean end to clear the mark in his second strive making the Asian Record.Broom-Edwards cleared the two.10m mark in his second try, which Praveen did not clear in his three makes an attempt, thus settling for silver.The Tokyo Paralympics marks India’s greatest ever efficiency at an version of the Games, simply surpassing the nation’s earlier greatest haul of 4 on the 2016 Rio Games. Shooter Avani Lekhara and javelin thrower Sumit Antil have gained gold whereas Praveen is India’s sixth silver medallist after paddler Bhavina Patel, javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya, and excessive jumpers Thangavellu and Nishad.Javelin thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar, excessive jumper Sharad Kumar and shooter Singhraj have gained bronze.Click right here for IndiaAs we speak.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.