Tokyo silver medalist Praveen Kumar broke the Asian file to assert the gold medal within the males’s excessive leap T64 occasion on the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Friday. It was a shocking effort from the 21-year-old para-athlete as he produced a season greatest leap of two.08m within the remaining to complete forward of USA’s Derek Loccident (2.06m) and Uzbekistan’s Temurbek Giyazov (2.03m). This was India’s sixth gold medal on the Paris Paralympics – the best ever in a single version of the competitors. Earlier, India’s greatest tally got here within the Tokyo Paralympics the place the contingent ended up successful 5 gold medals.

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