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.
Praveen Kumar shatters Asian Para Games record to clinch men’s high jump gold, Banti bags silver
