Nishad wins bronze; secures quota for Tokyo Paralympic Games

Indian para-athlete Nish Kumar recorded a personal best of 2 metres to claim bronze medal in men's high jump T47 final at Dubai World Para Athletics Championships and also secure his place in 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. Nish's medal booked India's ninth slot for Tokyo Games. This was India's third bronze and six medals overall, one better than 2017 London Worlds. India h won five medals in 2017 edition.

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Nish wins bronze

Nish led pack from start clearing bar first at 1.75 to 1.97 men's high jump before China's Hongjie Chen pushed him with a 2 metres jump. But USA's Rio Paralympic champion and world record holder Roderick Townsend-Roberts cleared bar just once at 2.03 metres to take gold. Chen settled for silver. "I am super happy. It's my first World Championships, never expected that I will get a medal competing against such top players. My next target is Tokyo 2020 Paralympics," Nish told Paralympic Committee of India. "I h thing to lose so gave my best today. I believe in hard work. I will go back home and work hard for Tokyo 2020," said Nish, who is 6 feet 4 inches tall and is competing in Para Athletics for last 10 years.

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India coach Satyanarayana, who trained Mariyappan Thangavelu to Rio 2016 gold, said Nish has a lot of potentials and will be one of strong prospects for India at Tokyo 2020. " best thing about Nish is that he is young and flexible. His capacity is 2.30 metres. I am sure if he works hard on his technique, he will get a medal at Paralympics." On Thursday, six of Indian athletes including Mariyappan and Shar Kumar will be in action in Men's high jump T63 and men's 400m events

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