In the Rio Paralympics India observed a historic moment as Mariyappan Thangavelu won the gold medal while his compatriot Varun Singh Bhati clinched the bronze in the men’s high jump T-42 event on Saturday at the Rio Paralympic .
The 20 year Thangavelu made a leap of 1.89 m, while Bhati jumped his personal best of 1.86m to finish third. United States’ Sam Grewe bagged the silver medal.
Watch the pride of d boy’s face as our national anthem plays.
Bet you’d have a lump in ur throat ????#Paralympics pic.twitter.com/JSMiqW8PVi— atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) September 10, 2016
Bagging bronze, Varun Bhati equally put up a great performance at #Paralympics. Congratulations to both our heroes. pic.twitter.com/6eHMDAzkmW
— ShivrajSingh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) September 10, 2016
Two high jumps for Indian athletes, two giant leaps for India! Congratulations Mariyappan Thangavelu and Bhati Varun Singh! #Paralympics
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) September 10, 2016
T 2375 –#Paralympics joy for India .. Gold & Bronze for Thangavelu and Bhatti in high jump ! COME ON INDIA !!!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) September 10, 2016
Rs 75 lac for Mariyappan & Rs. 30 lac cash award for Bhati.
Rio #Paralympics @Rio2016_en https://t.co/Y1cdUf7gGK— Accessible India (@MSJE_AIC) September 10, 2016
Congratulations to Mariyappan Thangavelu on winning India’s first gold & Varun Singh Bhati on clinching the bronze at #Rio2016 #Paralympics
— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) September 10, 2016
India has a Gold (Thangavelu) and a Bronze (Varun Bhati) in #Rio2016 #HighJump #Paralympics Well done ???????? pic.twitter.com/VK3EZukBYy
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) September 10, 2016
Congrats Mariyappan Thangavelu on winning #Paralympics Gold for India.
Clearly read my motivational tweets. ? pic.twitter.com/zV6qYuIKXx— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 10, 2016
Congrats to #MariyappanThangavelu for gold & Varun Singh fr bronze in #Paralympics
These true heroes defy all odds pic.twitter.com/yJNgQFm8eG— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) September 10, 2016
Congratulations to Varun Bhati for clinching bronze in the high jump! Our nation is incredibly proud of Mariyappan and you!! #Paralympics
— Nikhil Chinapa (@nikhilchinapa) September 10, 2016
Hearty congratulations to Mariyappan Thangavelu for winning gold in men's high jump and Varun Singh Bhati for winning bronze #Paralympics
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 10, 2016