Asian Para Games
Praveen Kumar sets Games record as India claim high jump gold and silver
Praveen cleared 2.05m in the men's T44/64 event, while Banti secured silver with a personal best of 1.92m at the Asian Para Games.
Long jumper Praveen Kumar at Tokyo Paralympics (Source: Getty Images)
India's Praveen Kumar won gold in the men's high jump T44/64 with a Games record, while Banti clinched silver in the same event at the Asian Para Games here on Wednesday.
Praveen sailed over 2.05m to win the gold while Banti produced a personal best of 1.92m to take the silver. Temurbek Giyazov of Uzbekistan was third with 1.86m.
T64 and T44 athletes often compete together in a combined event as World Para Athletics groups lower-limb classes together to ensure enough competitors and fair competition.
T64 is for athletes who run with a prosthetic lower limb, while T44 is for athletes with lower-limb impairments who run using two anatomical limbs without prostheses.
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