Tokyo, Aug 29 (IANS) | India’s para athlete Vinod Kumar won a bronze medal in the men’s discus throw F52 event at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics here. With this, India has so far won three medals. The 42-year-old Vinod, a former Border Security Force (BSF) jawan, broke the Asian record with a throw of 19.91m to finish third and won the bronze medal for the country. Vinod threw 19.91m in his fifth attempt.
At one point Vinod was running second but Croatia’s Velimir Sandur threw him 19.98m to slip him to third place. The gold of the event was won by Poland’s Piotr Kosewicz with a throw of 20.02m. Vinod, ranked sixth in the world, started with a throw of 19.09m in the first throw. Vinod comes from an army family. His father was injured in the 1971 war. Vinod joined the BSF but had to leave the job in 2002 due to a leg injury. He was in bed for about 10 years.
Vinod opened a shop near Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Rohtak and he became interested in para athletics during TV coverage of Rio Paralympic Games.Vinod won a bronze medal in the F53 discus throw at the 2018 and 2019 Nationals. He was included in the F52 category for the first time in an international event during the 2019 Handisport Open Para Athletics Grand Prix in Paris.
Vinod finished fourth in the World Championships held in Dubai, which earned him a Tokyo Paralympic berth. This is Vinod’s first medal in Paralympics. Before Vinod, Para table tennis player Bhavina Patel won silver in women’s singles class 4 event and Nishad Kumar won silver in men’s high jump T47 event. On the occasion of National Sports Day, these para athletes have brought three medals to the country in Paralympics.
Tokyo, Aug 29 (IANS) | India’s para athlete Vinod Kumar won a bronze medal in the men’s discus throw F52 event at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics here. With this, India has so far won three medals. The 42-year-old Vinod, a former Border Security Force (BSF) jawan, broke the Asian record with a throw of 19.91m to finish third and won the bronze medal for the country. Vinod threw 19.91m in his fifth attempt.
At one point Vinod was running second but Croatia’s Velimir Sandur threw him 19.98m to slip him to third place. The gold of the event was won by Poland’s Piotr Kosewicz with a throw of 20.02m. Vinod, ranked sixth in the world, started with a throw of 19.09m in the first throw. Vinod comes from an army family. His father was injured in the 1971 war. Vinod joined the BSF but had to leave the job in 2002 due to a leg injury. He was in bed for about 10 years.
Vinod opened a shop near Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Rohtak and he became interested in para athletics during TV coverage of Rio Paralympic Games.Vinod won a bronze medal in the F53 discus throw at the 2018 and 2019 Nationals. He was included in the F52 category for the first time in an international event during the 2019 Handisport Open Para Athletics Grand Prix in Paris.
Vinod finished fourth in the World Championships held in Dubai, which earned him a Tokyo Paralympic berth. This is Vinod’s first medal in Paralympics. Before Vinod, Para table tennis player Bhavina Patel won silver in women’s singles class 4 event and Nishad Kumar won silver in men’s high jump T47 event. On the occasion of National Sports Day, these para athletes have brought three medals to the country in Paralympics.
Tokyo, Aug 29 (IANS) | India’s para athlete Vinod Kumar won a bronze medal in the men’s discus throw F52 event at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics here. With this, India has so far won three medals. The 42-year-old Vinod, a former Border Security Force (BSF) jawan, broke the Asian record with a throw of 19.91m to finish third and won the bronze medal for the country. Vinod threw 19.91m in his fifth attempt.
At one point Vinod was running second but Croatia’s Velimir Sandur threw him 19.98m to slip him to third place. The gold of the event was won by Poland’s Piotr Kosewicz with a throw of 20.02m. Vinod, ranked sixth in the world, started with a throw of 19.09m in the first throw. Vinod comes from an army family. His father was injured in the 1971 war. Vinod joined the BSF but had to leave the job in 2002 due to a leg injury. He was in bed for about 10 years.
Vinod opened a shop near Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Rohtak and he became interested in para athletics during TV coverage of Rio Paralympic Games.Vinod won a bronze medal in the F53 discus throw at the 2018 and 2019 Nationals. He was included in the F52 category for the first time in an international event during the 2019 Handisport Open Para Athletics Grand Prix in Paris.
Vinod finished fourth in the World Championships held in Dubai, which earned him a Tokyo Paralympic berth. This is Vinod’s first medal in Paralympics. Before Vinod, Para table tennis player Bhavina Patel won silver in women’s singles class 4 event and Nishad Kumar won silver in men’s high jump T47 event. On the occasion of National Sports Day, these para athletes have brought three medals to the country in Paralympics.
Tokyo, Aug 29 (IANS) | India’s para athlete Vinod Kumar won a bronze medal in the men’s discus throw F52 event at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics here. With this, India has so far won three medals. The 42-year-old Vinod, a former Border Security Force (BSF) jawan, broke the Asian record with a throw of 19.91m to finish third and won the bronze medal for the country. Vinod threw 19.91m in his fifth attempt.
At one point Vinod was running second but Croatia’s Velimir Sandur threw him 19.98m to slip him to third place. The gold of the event was won by Poland’s Piotr Kosewicz with a throw of 20.02m. Vinod, ranked sixth in the world, started with a throw of 19.09m in the first throw. Vinod comes from an army family. His father was injured in the 1971 war. Vinod joined the BSF but had to leave the job in 2002 due to a leg injury. He was in bed for about 10 years.
Vinod opened a shop near Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Rohtak and he became interested in para athletics during TV coverage of Rio Paralympic Games.Vinod won a bronze medal in the F53 discus throw at the 2018 and 2019 Nationals. He was included in the F52 category for the first time in an international event during the 2019 Handisport Open Para Athletics Grand Prix in Paris.
Vinod finished fourth in the World Championships held in Dubai, which earned him a Tokyo Paralympic berth. This is Vinod’s first medal in Paralympics. Before Vinod, Para table tennis player Bhavina Patel won silver in women’s singles class 4 event and Nishad Kumar won silver in men’s high jump T47 event. On the occasion of National Sports Day, these para athletes have brought three medals to the country in Paralympics.
