<h5>Who won the gold medal?</h5><p>India’s para-athlete star, Mariyappan Thangavelu, has won a gold medal in the high jump at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships. During his win, the 28-year-old also created a high jump record of 1.88m.</p><p>The recent gold medal was his first gold in a major tournament in eight years.</p><div class="raw-html-embed"><figure> <video width="100%" controls=""> <source src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/para-athlete-wins-gold-for-india%2FHigh%20jump.mp4?alt=media&amp;token=ac033e93-a42e-4997-8a6a-ae9412cebde2" type="video/mp4"> </video> <figcaption>Mariyappan Thangavelu’s performance at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships. Video by M.K.Stalin.</figcaption> </figure></div><h5>About Mariyappan Thangavelu.</h5><p>Mariyappan Thangavelu is from Tamil Nadu. His father abandoned him and his mother when he was young. At the age of five, he suffered a permanent disability in his right leg due to a bus accident.</p><p>Before taking up sports, he used to do small jobs to help his mother run the family. However, the kid never lost hope. His physical education teacher encouraged him to participate in sports.</p><p>He got into athletics during school, and soon, the little boy grew up to win medals for India. He had won a silver medal for India at the Tokyo Paralympics held in 2021. He also won a gold medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. He has also won the Padma Shri Award.</p><p>His achievements give us hope that we, too, can achieve all our dreams with hard work and dedication.</p><h5>About World Para Athletics Championships.</h5><p>It is a track and field event for para-athletes established by the International Paralympic Committee. The first event was held in Germany in 1994. In the beginning, it was held every four years. Later, it was changed to be held every two years.</p><p>The 2024 Para Athletics World Championships was held from 17 to 25th May, 2024 in Kobe, Japan. Many athletes participated in this tournament in various events.</p><p>At the time of writing this, China was ranked first in this year’s tournament with 48 medals (18 gold, 16 silver, 14 bronze). They were followed by Brazil with 30 medals (17 gold, 8 silver, 5 bronze), and India with 12 medals (5 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze).</p>

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