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Nishad Kumar

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Tokyo Paralympics: Nishad Kumar wins silver medal in Men's High Jump T47 Final

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Aug 29, 2021, at 11:22 pm

#NIshadKumar #TokyoOlympics

Tokyo: India's Nishad Kumar jumped 2.06m in Men's High Jump T47 Final to earn a silver medal in the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics here on Sunday.

Catch the jump here:

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The leap that earned Nishad Kumar that glorious #Silver! 😍

Watch how he earned #IND's second silver medal of the day 👇#Tokyo2020 #Paralympics #ParaAthletics pic.twitter.com/nYDBefYGXz
— #Tokyo2020 for India (@Tokyo2020hi) August 29, 2021

He set another Asian record in the process.

It's raining #Silver!! 🎉🇮🇳@nishad_hj wins another medal for #India at #Tokyo2020 #Paralympics!! Nishad registered his Personal Best & created an #AsianRecord today!! #Praise4Para #paraathletics #HighJump #StrongerTogether #UnitedByEmotion pic.twitter.com/vImVVjP8Ry
— Paralympic India 🇮🇳 #Cheer4India 🏅 #Praise4Para (@ParalympicIndia) August 29, 2021

Indian PM Narendra Modi congratulated him over the achievement.

More joyful news comes from Tokyo! Absolutely delighted that Nishad Kumar wins the Silver medal in Men’s High Jump T47. He is a remarkable athlete with outstanding skills and tenacity. Congratulations to him. #Paralympics
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 29, 2021

"More joyful news comes from Tokyo! Absolutely delighted that Nishad Kumar wins the Silver medal in Men’s High Jump T47. He is a remarkable athlete with outstanding skills and tenacity. Congratulations to him," Modi tweeted.

Stunning performance from #Nishad , silver again for India Today high jump F47 . Created a new Asian record, recovered from covid and in just 3 yrs becomes a medal winning paralympian. Congratulations 👏 #Praise4Para @Tokyo2020 @PTI_News @Media_SAI @narendramodi @ianuragthakur pic.twitter.com/5qQ7S0qZrV
— Deepa Malik (@DeepaAthlete) August 29, 2021

Padma Shri Deepa Malik wished him and tweeted: "Stunning performance from #Nishad , silver again for India Today high jump F47 . Created a new Asian record, recovered from covid and in just 3 yrs becomes a medal winning paralympian. Congratulations Clapping hands sign #Praise4Para."

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