Bharat’s Nishad Kumar bagged a gold while setting a
new Asian Games record in the Men’s High Jump T47 in the ongoing 4th Asian Para
Games 2022 at Hangzhou on Monday.
Nishad jumped higher than the rest of his competitors
and took the gold medal with a leap of 2.02m. China’s Hongjie Chen settled for
silver with an attempt of 1.94m. Bharat’s Ram Pal claimed silver as he registered
1.94m in his fifth attempt.
Meanwhile, Indian para-athlete Monu Ghangas secured a
bronze medal finish in the Men’s Shot Put-F-11 Final. Monu secured a podium
finish with his season-best throw of 12.33m which came in his fourth attempt.
Iran’s Amirhossein claimed the gold medal with his
season-best throw of 13.92m. While his national compatriot Mahdi Olad finished
marginally behind him with a throw of 13.30m.
Balaji Rajendran, who was in the mix fell short of a
podium finish ever after producing his personal best throw of 11.56m.
Earlier, Bharat’s dominance in athletics at the
ongoing Para Asian Games was showcased by Shailesh Kumar, Mariyappan Thangavelu
and Ram Singh Padhiyar who clinched gold, silver and bronze medals respectively
in the Men’s High Jump-T63 event on Monday.
Shailesh touched 1.82m to claim the gold medal by
besting his national compatriot and Asian record holder in Men’s High Jump-T42
Mariyappan by 0.2m.
He settled for silver with his season-best attempt of
1.80m, while, Ram Singh finished at the third spot with an attempt of 1.78m.
Prachi Yadav clinched a silver medal in canoeing in
the women’s VL2 Final and opened Bharat’s account. Prachi gave Uzbekistan’s
Irodakhon Rustamova a run for her money as both athletes were separated by a
timing of 1.022s.
She secured a silver medal finish by clocking 1:03.47s
while Irodakhon claimed the gold medal with a timing of 1:02.125s. Japan’s Saki
Komatsu walked away with a bronze medal with a timing of 1:11.635s.
Bharat will be hoping to surpass their best
performance of 72 medals at the 2018 event in Indonesia, consisting of 15 gold,
24 silver and 33 bronze medals.
The historic performance by the Indian contingent of
winning 107 medals at the just concluded Asian Games has fuelled the athletes,
coaches and support staff with a belief that the 4th Asian Para Games will
break many records and will be the most successful one in history of Para Games
in the country.
ANI
