Defending champion Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar won a silver and bronze respectively in the men’s high jump T42 event as India’s medal tally at the Paralympics touched an unprecedented 10, riding on a consistently stupendous track-and-field performance here on Tuesday.
Mariyappan cleared 1.86m while American gold winner Sam Grewe succeeded in soaring above 1.88m in his third attempt. Kumar took the bronze with an effort of 1.83.
The medals took India’s tally to double digits for the first-time ever at the Paralympics.
Here are some of the best reactions to the high jump medals.
Congrats Mariyappan Thangavelu. What an inspiring performance to win Silver in Men’s High Jump T63 and second Paralympic medal. So close to Gold. #Paralympics #tokyo2020 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/dHaF0kIaWv
— Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) August 31, 2021
Two Indians on the podium again 👏🇮🇳
— DK (@DineshKarthik) August 31, 2021
Congratulations Mariyappan Thangavelu 🥈 & Sharad Kumar 🥉 #Tokyo2020 #Paralympics pic.twitter.com/5YYX0Ci0pz
Great achievement 🥉Congratulations @sharad_kumar01 . Proud moment for the country 🇮🇳 https://t.co/griatxytH6
— Ekta Bhyan (@BhyanEkta) August 31, 2021
Just as at Rio 2016, #IND have 2️⃣ athletes in the podium places in Men's High Jump T63 Final! 🔥🔥
— #Tokyo2020 for India (@Tokyo2020hi) August 31, 2021
Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar have won #silver and #bronze medals respectively, taking 🇮🇳's medal tally into double figures! 😍#Tokyo2020 #Paralympics #ParaAthletics pic.twitter.com/HSadcK8Nnt
It's #Silver for #IND🇮🇳
— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) August 31, 2021
Mariyappan Thangavelu wins SILVER Medal in the Men's High Jump T63 Final event.#Tokyo2020 | #Paralympics | #Praise4Para | #ParaAthletics pic.twitter.com/zzRoM1PmTm
Really unfortunate for Mariyappan Thangavelu...Sam Grewe denies him back to back Gold medals!!!
— Digvijay Singh Deo (@DiggySinghDeo) August 31, 2021
#Tokyo2020 #Paralympics
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) August 31, 2021
🥈And there it is. Mariyappan Thangavelu. Now, a two-time Paralympic Games medallist. Gold in Rio, silver in Tokyo. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/K7yjFFZ0bn
AHHH!!!!!!!!
— Kapil Choudhary (@kapil857) August 31, 2021
That was so close!!! Mariyappan almost went over in both his 2nd and 3rd attempts, but Sam Grewe pulls it out on his final attempt!! The bar shook a bit but just didnt go down!!!
SILVER 🥈for Mariyappan!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Great contest!!!
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬! 💙💙
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) August 31, 2021
🥈- Mariyappan Thangavelu
🥉 - Sharad Kumar
The experienced high jumpers make 🇮🇳 proud by their brilliant performances in the men's T63 final 🙌👏#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #Cheer4India pic.twitter.com/qUR5iH2gZy
🇮🇳 now has 🔟 medals at the #TokyoParalympics 🤩#MariyappanThangavelu & #SharadKumar have won 🥈 & 🥉 in the Men's High Jump T63 event at #Tokyo2020. The second time that we have had 2️⃣ medallists on the podium in the same event 👏👏👏#Paralympics #Athletics #Cheer4Para pic.twitter.com/9cezgvgSQY
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) August 31, 2021
Soaring higher and higher!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 31, 2021
Mariyappan Thangavelu is synonymous with consistence and excellence. Congratulations to him for winning the Silver Medal. India is proud of his feat. @189thangavelu #Paralympics #Praise4Para pic.twitter.com/GGhtAgM7vU
It's a #Silver and #Bronze for India 🇮🇳 Amazing performances by Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar! #TokyoParalympics pic.twitter.com/TlFgUt9yQw
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) August 31, 2021
Now this is getting into the “total kamaal” zone ! What a wow ! Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar ki oooooooonchi chalaang 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 https://t.co/qKm3JmkG2t
— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) August 31, 2021
Congratulations #MariyappanThangavelu for clinching silver🥈 in men’s high jump T63 event of #ParalympicsTokyo2020.
— Pema Khandu པདྨ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་། (@PemaKhanduBJP) August 31, 2021
Thank you for your incredible achievement and making the entire nation proud. #Cheer4India #Praise4Para pic.twitter.com/xqRliQw5H5
Spectacular performance by Mariyappan Thangavelu. Proud of him for winning the Silver Medal in the #Paralympics. #ParalympicsTokyo2020 #Praise4Para
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) August 31, 2021
