Discus thrower Vinod Kumar’s won bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympics in F52 Category .Kumar registered his best throw in 5th attempt (19.91 mts), to finish 3rd behind Poland’s Piotr Kosewiczwin (20.02m) and Velimir Sandor (19.98m) of Croatia.
But Kumar’s Bronze Medal Win has been put under review after competitors lodged a protest against the athlete’s classification in the F52 category at the Games and the Victory Ceremony was postponed to the evening session of August 30 after a protest was lodged against the Kumar.
The Technical Delegates of the Organising Committee in an official communication informed that
- “The Men’s Discus F52 is under “Classification Observation Process.”
- “Results of the event are currently under review due to classification observation in competition”.
Team India’s Deputy Chef de Mission Arhan Bagatia, stated , “ Indian Contingent is confident that Vinod Kumar will retain his bronze even though there has been a protest”. As
- It was only four days back that his classification was done and I was there.
- Three Tokyo Paralympics classifiers had classified Vinod Kumar as F52.
Till the writing of the news the No official statement(s) been issued by PM / MYAS/Anurag Thakur / SAI/ PCI.
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Bhawna Khanna Sports Journalist |
