It was a double pride for India withinside the High jump (T63) event as stars Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar gained the silver and bronze medals, respectively, withinside the final of the event at the continuing Tokyo Paralympics.
Mariyappan Thangavelu clinched silver after jumping the mark of 1.86m. This is his 2nd medal in the Games, having already gained gold in Rio 2016. Meanwhile, Sharad Kumar grabbed bronze after scaling his season fine mark of 1.83m.
The Rio 2016 silver medalist, United States of America's Sam Grewe clinched gold after efficiently jumping the 1.88m mark in his third try. Another Indian and Rio 2016 bronze medalist Varun Singh Bhati completed 7th with a season-best of 1.77m.
Amid the heavy downpour in Tokyo, the Indian trio exceeded on the first 5 jumps as Varun Singh Bhati commenced the proceedings at the 6th by efficiently jumping the 1.69m mark. Soon, Sharad Kumar and Mariyappan Thangavelu were given withinside the blend from the following jump through scaling the 1.73m.
Varun Bhati escaped an early heartbreak as after failed attempts, he in the end went clean in his third at 1.73m. When the bar changed into raised once more at 1.77m, Bhati cleared it with ease withinside the first try before eventually failing at 1.80m.
Meanwhile, Sharad and Mariyappan had no difficulties in any respect because the Indian duo easily jumped thru their way to 1.83m, with none failed to try. With the medal confirmed, the Indian pair noticed their first red flag of the day at the 1.86m marks.