Vinod Kumar clinches bronze in the discus throw, the 3rd medal for India in Paralympics
Discus thrower Vinod Kumar clinched a bronze medal withinside the men's F52 occasion with an Asian record to present India its 3rd medal in Tokyo Paralympics right here on Sunday.
The 41-year-old BSF man, whose father fought withinside the 1971 Indo-Pak war, produced a first-class throw of 19.91m to complete third at the back of Piotr Kosewicz (20.02m) of Poland and Velimir Sandor (19.98m) of Croatia.
He injured his legs whilst training after becoming a member of the BSF, falling off a cliff in Leh that left him bed-ridden for near a decade all through which he lost both his parents.
The F52 class is for athletes with impaired muscle power, restricted range of movement, limb deficiency or leg duration difference, with athletes competing in a seated positions.
It also applies to cervical cord injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, and functional disorder.
Both Bhavinaben Patel and Nishad Kumar had earlier won a silver each in women's singles table tennis class four and men's T47 high jump activities respectively on Sunday.