: Tokyo 2020, athletics: Vinod Kumar declared ineligible for discus throw F52 bronze medal #IndiaNEWS India’s Vinod Kumar was on Monday declared ineligible for the F52 discus throw bronze medal at

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Tokyo 2020, athletics: Vinod Kumar declared ineligible for discus throw F52 bronze medal #IndiaNEWS
India’s Vinod Kumar was on Monday declared ineligible for the F52 discus throw bronze medal at Tokyo Paralympics after disability classification assessment by the organisers. Vinod finished with the third best mark on Sunday in his event, which was an area record, but the result was put on hold after a protest over his disability classification. It had somewhat marred the upbeat mood in the Indian camp.The 41-year-old produced a best throw of 19.91m to finish third behind Piotr Kosewicz (20.02m) of Poland and Velimir Sandor (19.98m) of Croatia on Sunday.Statement from Technical DelegatesFollowing classification Observation Assessment in competition and subsequent re-assessment by the classification panel, the panel was unable to allocate the athlete Vinod Kumar from NPC India with a sport class and the athlete was designated as Classification not Completed (CNC). The athlete is therefore ineligible for the Men’s F52 Discus medal event and his results in that competition are void.Vinod had injured both his legs after falling off a cliff while training after joining the BSF. It is a heartbreaking turn of events for the man from Haryana who was bed-ridden for close to a decade till 2012 and lost both his parents in that period.F52 is for athletes with impaired muscle power,...Read more

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