It’s  a very proud moment for our country that Indian para athlete, Nishad Kumar won the gold medal in the men’s long jump T47 event at the Asian Para Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Japan.

Nishad Kumar was placed in the first position with the best jump of 7.11m in the men’s long jump T47 event at the Asian Para Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Japan. Omadbek Khasanov of Uzbekistan won the silver medal with the best jump of 6.99m and Mohammadu Safran of Sri Lanka won the bronze medal with the best jump of 6.55m in the men’s long jump T47 event at the Asian Para Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Japan.

Earlier, Nishad Kumar won the silver medal with the best jump of 2.06m  in the men’s high jump T47 event in the Paralympic Ganes 2020 in Tokyo. He also won the silver medal with the best jump of 2.04m in the men’s high jump T47 event at the Paralympic Games Paris in the year 2024. He also won the gold medal in the men’s high jump T47 event at the Asian Para Games Hangzhou in the year 2022 in China.