Praveen Kumar: All you need to know � Coach, achievements and more

Digitalvedant449903 Sep, 2021Sport

In the Paralympic Games that has already become India's best performance ever since the inception of the event, para-athlete Praveen Kumar added to India's medal's tally on Friday. While the nation has breached the double-digit medals mark in the medals tally for the first time ever, Praveen made sure that they keep on adding the medals as he bagged a silver at the Men's High Jump T64 Event. While he cleared 1.83 metres in his first attempt and gave the 1.93 meters attempt a pass. He returned for the second attempt and cleared the distance of 1.97 meters. This placed him joint top along with Briant's Jonathan Edwards and Poland's Maciej Lepiato. At the end of the tie-breaker, Praveen settled for silver but became the youngest Indian to win a medal at the Paralympic Games aged 18 years. He also broke the Asian record in the process.