NEW DELHI: Ace Indian para athlete Praveen Kumar booked 2024 Paris Paralympics berth after successful a bronze within the males’s excessive bounce T64 occasion on the World Para Athletics Championships.
The 20-year-old Praveen got here up with a season’s finest effort of two.01m to complete third behind Lepiato Maciej (2.05m) of Poland and Broom-Edwards Jonathan (2.05m) of Nice Britain in Paris.
The 20-year-old Praveen got here up with a season’s finest effort of two.01m to complete third behind Lepiato Maciej (2.05m) of Poland and Broom-Edwards Jonathan (2.05m) of Nice Britain in Paris.
Praveen, who had received a silver within the Tokyo Paralympics, received India’s first medal on the championships.
The highest-four ranked athletes on the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in every of the person medal occasions qualify for the 2024 Paralympic Video games, additionally to be held in Paris.
T44 classification is for athletes with a leg deficiency, leg size distinction, impaired muscle energy or impaired passive vary of motion within the legs.
(With PTI inputs)
