Praveen Kumar won gold at the Paris Paralympics 2024© X (Twitter)
Tokyo silver medalist Praveen Kumar broke the Asian record to claim the gold medal in the men’s high jump T64 event at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Friday. It was a stunning effort from the 21-year-old para-athlete as he produced a season best jump of 2.08m in the final to finish ahead of USA’s Derek Loccident (2.06m) and Uzbekistan’s Temurbek Giyazov (2.03m). This was India’s sixth gold medal at the Paris Paralympics – the highest ever in a single edition of the competition. Earlier, India’s best tally came in the Tokyo Paralympics where the contingent ended up winning five gold medals.
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