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Discus thrower Vinod Kumar won a bronze medal at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics here on Sunday in sports class F52 with an Asian Record.

Vinod Kumar registered throws of 17.46m, 18.32m, 17.80m, 19.12m, 19.91m, and 19.81m in all his six attempts. The best attempt was registered in the fifth try.

 Poland's Piotr Kosewicz won a gold medal as he registered the best throw of 20.02m in the second attempt while the silver was won by Croatia's Velimir Sandor (19.98m).

Earlier, Nishad Kumar won a silver medal in the high jump event. Nishad made a jump of 2.06m and as a result, he sealed the silver medal.

In the event, Nishad also went on to create an Asian Record and the event turned out to be a good affair for the Indian para-athlete.

Anurag Thakur, Deepa Malik cannot keep calm and took to twitter to express their regards and warm wishes.

And in no time another medal from #VinodKumar, today has been special.. he took to sports in late 30s and now at 42yrs creating an Asian Record and winning a @Paralympics medal. True grit and determination. #Bronze @ianuragthakur @narendramodi @Media_SAI #Praise4Para @Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/uWyoPasUef

— Deepa Malik (@DeepaAthlete) August 29, 2021

This is turning out to be an epic
National Sports Day !#IND has won it’s 3rd Medal at #Tokyo2020 #Paralympics #VinodKumar delivered a winning throw !
Well done & heartiest congratulations!!!

🥉 in Discus Throw F-52 Final event
New Asian Record at 19.91m 😎#Praise4Para pic.twitter.com/LOJtGb7S7Q

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) August 29, 2021

USA's Roderick Townsend won gold while Dallas Wise shared the second spot with Nishad. Townsend made the jump of 2.15m while Wise recorded a jump of 2.06 m.

Nishad and Wise both finished on the same mark, but Nishad had crossed the 2.02 mark in his first attempt while Wise took two.

 Earlier in the day, India's para table tennis player Bhavina won silver as she lost the gold medal match to China's Zhou Ying 3-0 in the women's singles - Class 4.

With the silver medal, Bhavina became the first table tennis player ever to win a medal at the Paralympics for India and the second female athlete after PCI chief Deepa Malik to achieve this feat. Deepa had won silver at Rio 2016 in women's shot put.