Nishad Kumar won silver in men's high jump, India got seventh medal

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 4, Live Updates: On the fourth day of Paris Paralympics 2024, Nishad Kumar has given India silver in T47 in men's high jump. Nishad has won silver with a season best of 2.04 meters. This is India's seventh medal. Earlier, Preeti Pal has given another medal in athletics. Preeti Pal has won the bronze medal in the women's 200m T35 event. Preeti won bronze by taking 30.01 seconds in the final. Let us tell you, Preeti had earlier won bronze in the 100m race. Preeti is the first athlete to win two medals in the same edition for India in athletics.
Para shuttler Nitesh Kumar entered the final by defeating Japan's Daisuke Fujihara in straight games in the semi-finals of the men's singles SL3 and has confirmed another medal for India. Nitesh won the first game 21-16 and the second game 21-12. At the same time, in the semi-finals of the men's singles SL4 event, Suhas Yathiraj defeated Sukant Kadam 21-17, 21-12 to make it to the final. In badminton itself, Nitya Sri Sumati Sivan has lost in the women's singles SH6 semi-finals. She will now play the bronze medal match. While archer Rakesh has lost by one point in the bronze medal match.
On the fourth day, para shuttlers Mandeep Kaur and Palak Kohli started India's campaign on Sunday, but both lost in the quarter-finals. Shooter Avani Lekhara, who won the gold medal in the individual round, missed out on a place in the final of the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 event with Siddharth Babu. At the same time, Indian badminton player Manisha Ramdas has made it to the women's singles semi-finals in the SU5 category. She will face compatriot Tulsimati Murugesan in the semi-finals, ensuring a medal for India in the event.