Indian athlete Mariyappan Thangavelu has won gold medal in the men’s high jump T-42 event at the Rio Paralympics. His compatriot Varun Singh Bhati clinched the bronze medal the same event. While Thangavelu made a leap of 1.89 metres, Bhati jumped his personal best of 1.86 metres to finish third. Thangavelu made history by becoming the first Indian high-jumper to win a gold at the Paralympics.
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