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World Para Athletics Championship: Silver, bronze for Sharad and Varun

India added two more medals to its tally at the World Para Athletics Championship. Sharad and Varun took silver and bronze respectively.

By PTI

London, July 23: India's Sharad Kumar and Varun Bhati bagged silver and bronze medals respectively in the High Jump event at the World Para Athletics Championship here.

Sharad and Bhati participated in the T-42 category of men's high jump event.

World Para Athletics Championship: Silver, bronze for Sharad and Varun

Sharad cleared a personal best height of 1.84m to win the silver while Bhati - a Rio Paralympics medallist leaped 1.77m to earn a podium finish.

The gold medal was won by United States' Sam Grewe, who leaped a height 1.86m.

India now have five medals with a gold, two silver and two bronze medals. India are currently 29th in the medal standings.

PTI

Story first published: Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 12:22 [IST]
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