CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Tokyo Paralympics: India’s Praveen Kumar bags silver medal in high jump T64 with Asian record.

Detailed explanation-2: -Paralympics gold medalist Devendra threw the javelin to a distance of 60.97 meter to capture the silver. Devendra is a three-time Paralympics medalist.

Detailed explanation-3: -Paralympics medallists Yogesh Khatuniya, Nishad Kumar, Praveen Kumar starred as India won a whopping 34 medals at the 2022 International Wheelchair and Amuptee Sports (IWAS) World Games in Vila Real de Santo Antonio in Portugal.

Detailed explanation-4: -High jumper Girish N Gowda won India’s only medal, a silver, at the 2012 London Paralympics. Competing in the men’s high jump F42 event, Girish lost the gold medal on countback after both he and Iliesa Delana of Fiji managed a best of 1.74 metres.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nishad Kumar (born 3 October 1999) is an Indian paralympian and high jumper.