On the auspicious occassion of Major Dhyan Chand ji's 116th Birthday that is celebrated as National Sports Day, 2 sportsperson won medals for India at Tokyo Paralympics.
- On Sunday, Para-athlete Nishad Kumar won a silver medal in the high jump event at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics. Nishad made a jump of 2.06m and as a result, he sealed the silver medal. In the event, Nishad also went on to create an Asian Record and the event turned out to be a good affair for the Indian para-athlete.
USA's Roderick Townsend and Dallas Wise won gold and bronze medals respectively. Townsend made the jump of 2.15m while Wise recorded a jump of 2.06 m. Nishad and Wise both finished on the same mark, but Nishad had crossed the 2.02 mark in his first attempt while Wise took two, as a result, Nishad won silver. India's Rampal Chahar finished at the fifth spot with a jump of 1.94m.
- On Sunday, Bhavina patel became India's first para Table Tennis player to win a silver medal in Tokyo Paralympics.
President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and other leaders including Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani extended their congratulations to paddler.
Gujarat's CM even announced a Rs 3 crore reward for Bhavina. The reward was announced under the state government's Divyang Khel Pratibha Protsahan Puraskar Yojana.
Bhavinaben Hasmukhbhai Patel lost the match to China's Zhou Ying 3-0 in the women's singles - Class 4 here at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium -- Table 6 today and had to settle for silver.
We at the Su-Niti News therefore congratulate our sportsmen and women for their achievements and efforts.
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