Indian Para-Athletes Shine in Paris: Preethi Pal & Nishad Kumar Lead the Charge

CosmicTaco · 2024-09-02T14:00:35.150164+05:30

- Preethi Pal made history on Sunday by becoming the first Indian woman track and field athlete to win two medals at the Paralympics. - She is only the second Indian woman to win two medals in a single Paralympics, after Avani Lekhara’s gold and bronze at the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago. - Nishad Kumar, 24, cleared 2.04 meters to win India’s third para-athletics medal at the Paris Games and seventh overall. - On Friday, Preethi had clinched India's first athletics medal in a Paralympics track event, winning a bronze in the women's T35 100m competition with a personal best time of 14.21 seconds. - Nishad Kumar clinched his second successive silver in the men's high jump T47 category with a season's best effort of 2.04m.

Preethi Pal made history on Sunday by becoming the first Indian woman track and field athlete to win two medals at the Paralympics.
She is only the second Indian woman to win two medals in a single Paralympics, after Avani Lekhara’s gold and bronze at the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago.
Nishad Kumar, 24, cleared 2.04 meters to win India’s third para-athletics medal at the Paris Games and seventh overall.
On Friday, Preethi had clinched India's first athletics medal in a Paralympics track event, winning a bronze in the women's T35 100m competition with a personal best time of 14.21 seconds.
Nishad Kumar clinched his second successive silver in the men's high jump T47 category with a season's best effort of 2.04m.