Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar win medals in high jump

Reigning champion from India Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar grabbed the silver and bronze medal individually in the High Jump T42 Final at the Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday, taking India’s medal count to ten.

Rio 2016 Paralympics gold-medallist Thangavelu lost to Sam Grewe of USA as he cleared 1.88m imprints in his third and last endeavor while the Indian high jumper bombed in the entirety of his three endeavors.

The Tamil Nadu competitor experienced super durable incapacity in his right leg after it was squashed under a vehicle when he was just five. Raised by a single parent after his dad abandoned the family, Mariyappan combat wretched poverty growing up as his mom worked as a worker prior to turning into a seller.

Sharad Kumar bagged the bronze with a work of 1.83. Hailing from Patna, Bihar, Sharad experienced a loss of motion in his left leg as a two-year-old in the wake of being regulated a deceptive polio antibody. He is a two-time Asian Para Games gold-medallist.

Varun Bhati’s mission, nonetheless, finished in disillusionment as he neglected to clear the 1.80m imprint in three endeavors. He finished seventh out of nine contenders

The T42 order is for competitors with a leg inadequacy, leg length distinction, debilitated muscle power, or impeded inactive scope of development in the legs. The competitors contend in a standing position.

Team India has so far won two gold, five silver, and three bronze medals.