Paralympics 2024: Nishad Kumar Grabs Silver In Men's High Jump; Marks India's 7th Medal In Paris

Nishad Kumar Wins Silver Medal: The Indian Para athlete grabbed India's 7th medal at the Games, and with that, Para Athletics produces 3rd medal for India. Here are the details.

Nishad Kumar Wins Silver Medal: India have added to their tally at Paris Paralympics 2024, as Nishad Kumar wins Silver medal in Men's High Jump - T47 Final, and with that, India now rise to 27th in the medals tally with 7 medals. The win proved to be India's last medal win of Day 4, as the Day concluded with two medal wins, and Day 5 promises to add more to the tally.

Nishad Kumar and Ram Pal competed in the Final for the glory, but was the former who went toe-to-toe for the golde medal finish and displayed a brilliant performance in front of thousands of fans in attendance.

Have a look at Nishad Kumar's medal winning attempt:

Inspite of winning the silver medal, the Indian Para athlete looked dejected with his failure to clear the 2.08m attempt, and the social media world has flooded-in the messages of support and congratulate the Silver medalist on his historic feat.

Have a look at some of the viral tweets:

Men's High Jump - T47 Final | As It Happened

11 Para athletes competed in the Men's High Jump - T47 Final, and amongst those 11, there were two Indian athletes — Nishad Kumar and Ram Pal.

Throughout the Final, Nishad Kumar went toe-to-toe with USA's Roderick Townsend for the top spot, but ultimately, the latter proved to be to good for the Indian Para athlete, and Nishad Kumar, inspite of his valiant efforts, settled for a silver medal.

Here's the list of medal winners:

• Gold — Roderick Townsend (USA): 2.12m


• Silver — Nishad Kumar (India): 2.04m


• Bronze — Georgii Margiev (NPA): 2.00m