'Proud Of Him': Narendra Modi Hails Praveen Kumar For Winning Paralympics High Jump Gold

India's success at Paris Paralympics continued with Praveen Kumar winning gold medal in men's high jump T 64 final. Praveen Kumar rose to 2.08m mark shattering Asian record and setting his personal best to beat USA's Derek Loccident to gold medal. 

As Praveen Kumar bagged India's 26th medal and sixth gold medal in Paris, India's honourary Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi sent a special wish to Praveen Kumar. 

PM Modi wishes Praveen Kumar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to his Twitter account to share special wishes for Praveen Kumar on winning gold medal. 

“Congratulations to Praveen Kumar for scaling new heights and winning a Gold in Men's High Jump T64 at Paralympics 2024. His determination and tenacity have brought glory to our nation. India is proud of him,” wrote Narendra Modi on X. 
 

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How Praveen Kumar won Gold? 

India's Praveen Kumar dazzled with a record-breaking performance in men's high jump T64 event, ding a Paralympic gold to his Tokyo Games silver here on Friday.

21-year-old from Noida, who was born with a short leg, smashed Asian record with a best jump of 2.08m in six-men field to finish on top of podium.

USA's Derek Loccident claimed silver with a jump of 2.06m while Uzbekistan's Temurbek Giyazov, who notched a personal best 2.03m, finished third.

India jumped to 14th spot in pecking order after Praveen's win.

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country has so far won six gold, nine silver and 11 bronze medals to achieve its best-ever haul at a single edition of Paralympic Games.

India surpassed its Tokyo Games gold medal tally after Praveen's triumph in men's high jump T64 event. At Tokyo Paralympics, India h won five gold, six silver, and eight bronze medals.

Praveen won country its sixth gold medal after clearing 2.08m.

Opting to start from 1.89m, Kumar aced seven jumps in his first attempt to put himself in pole position to grab coveted gold medal.

bar was n raised to 2.10m, with both Kumar and Loccident fighting for top spot on podium but failed to clear mark.

(With PTI Inputs)