Nishad Kumar of India won the Men’s High Jump T47 event and established a new Asian Games record while competing in the ongoing 4th Asian Para Games 2022 in Hangzhou on Monday. With a jump of 2.02 meters, Nishad outjumped the rest of his rivals and won the gold medal. Hongjie Chen of China settled for silver with a 1.94-meter attempt. Ram Pal of India won silver as well after hitting 1.94m in his fifth attempt.
Meanwhile, Indian para-athlete Monu Ghangas secured a bronze medal finish in the Men’s Shot Put-F-11 Final. Monu secured a podium finish with his season-best throw of 12.33m which came in his fourth attempt. Iran’s Amirhossein claimed the gold medal with his season-best throw of 13.92m. While his national compatriot Mahdi Olad finished marginally behind him with a throw of 13.30m.
Balaji Rajendran who was also in the mix fell short of a podium finish ever after producing his personal best throw of 11.56m.
Earlier, India’s dominance in athletics at the ongoing Para Asian Games was showcased by Shailesh Kumar, Mariyappan Thangavelu and Ram Singh Padhiyar who clinched gold, silver and bronze medals respectively in the Men’s High Jump-T63 event on Monday.