Una’s Nishad Kumar won silver medal in Paralympics, created history for the second time

Una, September 02: India’s Nishad Kumar has brought laurels to the country by winning the silver medal in the men’s high jump competition at the Paralympics 2024 being held in Paris, the capital of France. This is India’s seventh medal in this Paralympics, and the special thing is that Nishad Kumar has created history by winning the silver medal for the second time in this competition. There is a wave of happiness in the Una district due to Nishad Kumar’s achievement, while there is a continuous stream of people congratulating him at his home.

Nishad Kumar secured second place by jumping 2.04 meters. Earlier, Nishad Kumar won the silver medal in the same event in the Tokyo Paralympics in the year 2020 with a jump of 2.06 m. While he won the bronze medal in the Para Athletics World Championship of the year 2019. India’s Paralympic athlete Nishad Kumar has increased the honor of the country by winning the silver medal in the high jump competition at the Paris Paralympics.

This achievement of Nishad Kumar, who belongs to Una district of Himachal Pradesh, has created a wave of happiness across the district. On one hand, while a large number of people are reaching Nishad Kumar’s house to congratulate him, Nishad is also being praised a lot on social media for this achievement.

In the Paris Paralympics, Nishad Kumar won the silver medal by jumping 2.04 meters. Whereas earlier in the Tokyo Paralympics of the year 2020, Nishad Kumar also won the silver medal with a jump of 2.06 meters. Nishad’s family members are very happy with this achievement. While the parents praised the son for this achievement, they said that Nishad Kumar’s efforts have been tireless. He said that this achievement of Nishad is equal to the gold medal.

His sister said that Nishad will be welcomed with great pomp. On reaching India, he will first meet the Sports Minister and then will be brought home from Chandigarh or Mehatpur. She also said that Nishad had made full preparations for the gold medal. However, despite suffering from an injury and dengue in between, he displayed indomitable courage and won the silver medal.