Nishad Kumar aims for gold medal at Paris Paralympics 2024

With a goal of changing the colour of his medal in mind, Nishad Kumar is determined to break his silver medal streak and set a new world record in the para-athletics T47 category at the Paris Paralympics 2024. The Paris Paralympics 2024 is set to commence on August 28. Just a few more days are left for the Paris Paralympics 2024 to get underway, and the Indian Paralympics contingent will be hopeful of winning more medals in Paris. In a crazy fact, the India Paralympics team had won more medals in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics alone than they did in all the previous editions combined. India won 19 medals at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics whereas they had won a total of 12 medals between the Paralympic Games debut at Tel Aviv in 1968 and the Rio Paralympics 2016.

Nishad Kumar aims for gold medal at Paris Paralympics 2024

Star India para athlete Nishad Kumar's journey to the top has been nothing short of inspiring. Competing in the T47 category, Nishad Kumar never let the incident affect him and took up athletics early in life. The para jumper won a silver medal at the National Para-Athletics Championship under the guidance of Neeraj Chopra's coach Naseem Ahamad. Nishad's career changed after winning a bronze medal at the 2019 World Para-athletics Championship, which he further improved upon by securing a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

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The para high jumper has quite a few notable achievements. Take a look👇

The 3️⃣- Time medallist at Para #Athletics World Championships is all set to represent 🇮🇳 in T-47 category at #ParisParalympics2024.

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A look at Nishad Kumar's recent form ahead of the Paris Paralympics 2024

Nishad Kumar showcased his unwavering determination by securing two consecutive silver medals in the high jump T47 category at the World Para Athletics Championships, first in Paris in 2023 and 2024. The para jumper is determined to break his silver medal streak and set a new world record in the para-athletics T47 category at the Paris Paralympics 2024. Nishad achieved his personal best of 2.14m during the 2022 National Games. He holds the Asian record in the T-47 High jump event at 2.09m. Nishad has consistently been clearing the 2.00m mark, which already puts him ahead of other athletes.

NISHAD KUMAR WITH HIS JUMP

He won India’s first medal at World Para Athletics 2024
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With 2 days left for the Paris Paralympics 2024 which is starting on August 28, the India Paralympics team is training harder than ever to put on their best-ever performance following the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics success. Amidst all the buzz, it will be interesting to see whether the India Paralympics team can better their medal tally in Paris Paralympics 2024. The 2024 Paralympic Games will run from August 28 to September 8. Sumit Antil and Bhagyashree Jadhav are India's flagbearers at the Paris Paralympics 2024 opening ceremony which takes place on Wednesday, August 28.