India's Nishad Kumar won India's second medal at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday, securing a silver in the men's high jump T47 event. Nishad, with the highest jump of 2.06m, stood second in the event behind USA's Roderick Townsend.
This was India's third medal in the high jump event at the Paralympics. Earlier, Girisha Nagarajegowda (London 2012, Silver) and Mariyappan Thangavelu (Rio 2016, Gold) brought India glory in the high jump event.
The 2.06m attempt from Nishad was also an Asian record.
Gold medallist Townsend broke his own world record in the event, successfully jumping the 2.15m mark in the round.
Earlier on the day, table tennis player Bhavinaben Patel won the silver medal to open India's medal account at the Tokyo Paralympics.
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