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  Praveen Kumar clinches India's record-breaking sixth Gold at Paris Paralympics 2024

  Other Sports | September 06, 2024 16:46 IST

  Praveen Kumar registered the highest jump of 2.08m to finish on top in the men's high jumpy T64 finals at the Paris Paralympics 2024. He clinched his second and India's 11th medal in high jump events in Paralympic history.

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  WATCH: NZ high jumper Hamish Kerr goes viral for bailing out last moment, wins Gold minutes later

  Other Sports | August 11, 2024 7:22 IST

  New Zealand athlete Hamish Kerr won the jump-off against the USA's Shelby McEwen to win the men's high jump event at the Paris Olympics. However, the path to the Gold medal for the Kiwi high jumper wasn't easy as he had a foul start where he jumped under the bar instead of over it.

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  India high jumper Tejaswin Shankar overcomes world champion's challenge to win gold

  Other Sports | February 05, 2023 23:37 IST

  Shankar had bagged the bronze medal in the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

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  Athletics: High jumper Tejaswin Shankar clinches gold at outdoor meet in US

  Other Sports | May 16, 2021 14:37 IST

  Representing Kanasas State University, Tejaswin cleared 2.28 metres on Saturday, making a facility record.

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  Never said I would donate Rs 30 lakh to school: Paralympic gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu

  Other Sports | September 13, 2016 16:41 IST

  Contradicting reports of him giving away a hefty amount to his school from his prize money, Rio Paralympics gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu today clarified that he never said anything related to donation. Yesterday, there were

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  Chicherova Wins Women's High Jump At Worlds

  Other Sports | September 04, 2011 20:57 IST

  Daegu (South Korea), Sept 3: Becoming a mother was worth gold to Anna Chicherova.The 29-year-old Russian credited the birth of her daughter last year for a change in attitude that allowed her to win a