Nishad Kumar Wins Silver Medal: Narendra Modi, Anurag Thakur and Others React to 21-Year-Old’s Podium Finish in Men’s High Jump T47 Event at Tokyo Paralympics 2020
The young athlete made National Sports Day even better for Indian fans as he won India's second silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020. Earlier in the day, Bhavina Patel had won silver in the women's table tennis class 4 event. Kumar jumped 2.06m, which is the new Asian record.
Nishad Kumar, on Sunday, won India her second medal at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 by winning silver in the Men's High Jump T47 event. Following the win, Twitter was all praise for the 21-year old.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was all praise for the para athlete:
See Rahul Gandhi's tweet:
Well done Nishad!
Indeed a proud moment!
A jump to glory!
A special 'National Sports Day':
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