Sharad Kumar won the bronze medal in the men’s high jump (T63) category at the Tokyo Paralympics.© DD Sports/Twitter
after winning Bronze medal at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics In the men’s high jump, Sharad Kumar revealed that he was battling an injury on the eve of the incident. Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar won the silver and bronze medals respectively in the men’s high jump finals at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Tuesday. “It was so bad for me, I was crying all night. The fact that I landed on my meniscus, and it was dislocated. I didn’t even think I’d be able to attend, I told my parents in the morning Spoke to me. Saying it’s done and I’m going to be punished for some sin I’ve committed. I don’t know what it is, when my brother and some friends told me to just go and run Lo, it doesn’t matter,” Sharad said while replying to ANI’s question during a virtual press conference organized by Eurosport.
“I feel great because last night I was hurt, every jump was like a battle. Last night, I cried, cried and cried. I read Bhagavad Gita last night. We have no control over such things and this Like I entered the fray today.
“Getting a medal is on the cake, but as I entered the arena today, I thanked God that I was able to participate in such a huge event,” he said.
Talking about the rain conditions during the event, Sharad said: “The fact that it was raining during the high jump made it very dangerous for our athletes. But the fact is that we managed to do it. Well, it was something like this, we just had our strategy on. It was a dangerous situation. I even tried talking to the officials and said we might have to call it, but it just kept going.”
Mariyappan Thangavelu won the silver medal with a jump of 1.86m. This is her second medal at the Games, having already won a gold medal at Rio 2016.
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Rio 2016 silver medalist Sam Gravey of USA won the gold medal after successfully crossing the 1.88m mark in his third attempt.
Another Indian and Rio 2016 bronze medalist Varun Singh Bhati finished seventh with a season-best jump of 1.77m.
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