Xtra Time Web Desk: Para-athlete Nishad Kumar won silver in the high jump event at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday. Nishad made a jump of 2.06m to seal the silver medal. 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 and Dallas Wise won gold and bronze medals respectively. 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, as a result, Nishad won silver.
Earlier in the day, India’s para table tennis player Bhavina Patel won silver as she lost the gold medal match to China’s Zhou Ying 3-0 in the women’s singles – Class 4. Bhavina became the first table tennis player from the country to win a medal at the Paralympics and the second female athlete after Deepa Malik. Deepa had won silver at Rio 2016 in women’s shot put.