New Delhi: Praveen Kumar made the country proud after bagging a gold medal in the men’s high jump T64 event at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Friday. Praveen bettered his Tokyo Paralympics record where he had secured a silver medal. This is Praveen’s second-ever Paralympic medal and the sixth gold medal for India at the Paris Games.
With this, India’s medal tally at the Paralympics has gone up to 26 medals. The 21-year-old athlete from Noida, who was born with a short leg, produced a season best jump of 2.08m in the six-jumper field to finish on top of the podium. Meanwhile, USA’s Derek Loccident won the silver with a best jump of 2.06m while Uzbekistan’s Temurbek Giyazov, who notched a personal best 2.03m, finished third with a bronze.
🇮🇳🥇 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗘𝗡! A sensational effort from Praveen Kumar to win the gold medal in the men’s high jump T64 event. This is also his second-ever Paralympic medal.
🥈 – Tokyo 2020
🥇 – Paris 2024
👉 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 @sportwalkmedia 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲… pic.twitter.com/dkMzdbCrKa
— Sportwalk Media (@sportwalkmedia) September 6, 2024
T64 is for athletes with movement moderately affected in one lower leg or the absence of one or both legs below the knee. While T44, under which Praveen is categorised, is for athletes with movement affected at a low or moderate degree in one lower leg.
Many congratulations Praveen Kumar! He had jumped 1.98 m in the trials and no one was speaking about him. India got an additional quota and he could make it. Today he has made sure the tri colour goes up for him. @RevSportzGlobal @ParalympicIndia @Paralympics pic.twitter.com/BLx8u5yCky
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) September 6, 2024
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