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India’s Vinod Kumar clinched a bronze medal in the men’s discus throw F52 event in the Tokyo Paralympics with an Asian record effort on Sunday. This India’s third medal at the Tokyo Paralympics

Vinod Kumar bagged the Bronze medal place with a best attempt of 19.81m in the discus throw final. The 41-year-old BSF man, whose father fought in the 1971 Indo-Pak war, produced a best throw of 19.91m to finish third behind Piotr Kosewicz (20.02m) of Poland and Velimir Sandor (19.98m) of Croatia.

He injured his legs while training after joining the BSF, falling off a cliff in Leh that left him bed-ridden for close to a decade during which he lost both his parents.

The F52 classification is for athletes with impaired muscle power, restricted range of movement, limb deficiency or leg length difference, with athletes competing in seated position. It also applies to cervical cord injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, and functional disorder.
 

Congratulations to Vinod Kumar for winning bronze at Paralympics. You have done India proud with your podium finish. I appreciate your grit and determination. May you scale greater heights of success.

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 29, 2021

India is rejoicing thanks to Vinod Kumar’s stupendous performance! Congratulations to him for the Bronze Medal. His hard work and determination is yielding outstanding results. #Paralympics

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 29, 2021