'Proud Of Him': Narendra Modi Hails Praveen Kumar For Winning Paralympics High Jump Gold
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Praveen Kumar for bagging a Gold medal for India in the Paris Paralympics men's high jump T64.
India's success at the Paris Paralympics continued with Praveen Kumar winning gold medal in the men's high jump T 64 final. Praveen Kumar rose to the 2.08m mark shattering the Asian record and setting his personal best to beat USA's Derek Loccident to the 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 the Men's High Jump T64 at the 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 the men's high jump T64 event, adding a Paralympic gold to his Tokyo Games silver here on Friday.
The 21-year-old from Noida, who was born with a short leg, smashed the Asian record with a best jump of 2.08m in the six-men field to finish on top of the podium.
USA's Derek Loccident claimed the silver with a jump of 2.06m while Uzbekistan's Temurbek Giyazov, who notched a personal best 2.03m, finished third.
India jumped to the 14th spot in the pecking order after Praveen's win.
The country has so far won six gold, nine silver and 11 bronze medals to achieve its best-ever haul at a single edition of the Paralympic Games.
India surpassed its Tokyo Games gold medal tally after Praveen's triumph in the men's high jump T64 event. At the Tokyo Paralympics, India had won five gold, six silver, and eight bronze medals.
Praveen won the 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 the coveted gold medal.
The bar was then raised to 2.10m, with both Kumar and Loccident fighting for the top spot on the podium but failed to clear the mark.
(With PTI Inputs)
Published By : Sahil Kapoor
Published On: 6 September 2024 at 18:26 IST