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India's Nishad Kumar wins high jump bronze; seals Tokyo spot
Updated On: 15 November, 2019 10:20 AM IST | Dubai | PTI
Nishad's medal booked India's ninth slot for the Tokyo Games
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Dubai: Indian para athlete Nishad Kumar recorded a personal best of 2 metres to claim the bronze medal in men's high jump T47 final at the Dubai World Para Athletics Championships and also secure his place in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. Nishad's medal booked India's ninth slot for the Tokyo Games. This was India's third bronze and six medals overall, one better than 2017 London Worlds. India had won five medals in the 2017 edition.
Nishad led the pack from the start clearing the bar first at 1.75 to 1.97 men's high jump before China's Hongjie Chen pushed him with a 2 metres jump. But the USA's Rio Paralympic champion and world record holder Roderick Townsend-Roberts cleared the bar just once at 2.03 metres to take the gold. Chen settled for silver. "I am super happy. It's my first World Championships, never expected that I will get a medal competing against such top players. My next target is Tokyo 2020 Paralympics," Nishad told Paralympic Committee of India.
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