<p class="bodytext">India's Nishad Kumar clinched a silver medal in the men's high jump T47 event in the Paralympics with an Asian record effort here on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 21-year-old Kumar cleared 2.06m to win the silver and set an Asian record. American Dallas Wise was also awarded a silver as he and Kumar cleared the same height of 2.06m.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another American, Roderick Townsend, won the gold with a world record jump of 2.15m.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another Indian in the fray, Ram Pal finished fifth with a best jump of 1.94m.</p>.<p class="bodytext">T47 class is meant for athletes with a unilateral upper limb impairment resulting in some loss of function at the shoulder, elbow and wrist.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hailing from Una in Himachal Pradesh, Kumar met with an accident at the age of eight that resulted in the loss of his right hand.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also contracted Covid-19 earlier this year while training at the SAI Centre in Bengaluru.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Absolutely delighted that Nishad Kumar wins the Silver medal in Men’s High Jump T47. He is a remarkable athlete with outstanding skills and tenacity. Congratulations to him," tweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar had won a gold medal in the men's high jump T46/47 event at the Fazza World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai earlier this year. He began competing in para-athletics in 2009.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This was India's second medal of the Games after Bhavinaben Patel won a silver in women's singles table tennis class 4 event earlier in the day.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Patel became only the second Indian woman to win a medal at the Games following a 0-3 loss to world number one Chinese paddler Ying Zhou in the final.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p class="bodytext">India's Nishad Kumar clinched a silver medal in the men's high jump T47 event in the Paralympics with an Asian record effort here on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 21-year-old Kumar cleared 2.06m to win the silver and set an Asian record. American Dallas Wise was also awarded a silver as he and Kumar cleared the same height of 2.06m.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another American, Roderick Townsend, won the gold with a world record jump of 2.15m.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another Indian in the fray, Ram Pal finished fifth with a best jump of 1.94m.</p>.<p class="bodytext">T47 class is meant for athletes with a unilateral upper limb impairment resulting in some loss of function at the shoulder, elbow and wrist.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hailing from Una in Himachal Pradesh, Kumar met with an accident at the age of eight that resulted in the loss of his right hand.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also contracted Covid-19 earlier this year while training at the SAI Centre in Bengaluru.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Absolutely delighted that Nishad Kumar wins the Silver medal in Men’s High Jump T47. He is a remarkable athlete with outstanding skills and tenacity. Congratulations to him," tweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar had won a gold medal in the men's high jump T46/47 event at the Fazza World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai earlier this year. He began competing in para-athletics in 2009.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This was India's second medal of the Games after Bhavinaben Patel won a silver in women's singles table tennis class 4 event earlier in the day.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Patel became only the second Indian woman to win a medal at the Games following a 0-3 loss to world number one Chinese paddler Ying Zhou in the final.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>