With the silver medal, Bhavina became the first table tennis player ever to win a medal at the Paralympics for India and the second female athlete after PCI chief Deepa Malik to achieve this feat. Deepa had won silver at Rio 2016 in women's shot put.
Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Vinod Kumar wins bronze medal in Discus Throw
Rajan Nath
August 29th 2021 06:17 PM --
Updated:
August 29th 2021 06:22 PM
Tokyo Paralympics 2020: After Nishad Kumar won silver medal in High Jump event, Indian para athlete Vinod Kumar has won a bronze medal in the Discus Throw F52 event.
Vinod Kumar registered throws of 17.46m, 18.32m, 17.80m, 19.12m, 19.91m, and 19.81m in all his six attempts. The best attempt was registered in the fifth try.
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In the event, Nishad also went on to create an Asian Record and the event turned out to be a good affair for the Indian para-athlete. USA's Roderick Townsend won gold while Dallas Wise shared the second spot with Nishad.
Townsend made the jump of 2.15m while Wise recorded a jump of 2.06 m. Nishad and Wise both finished on the same mark, but Nishad had crossed the 2.02 mark in his first attempt while Wise took two.
