<h5>Who won the gold medal?</h5><p>Mariyappan Thangavelu, India's para-athlete star, has won the gold medal in the high jump at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships.</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 left him and his mother when he was young. At five years of age, he suffered a permanent disability in his right leg due to a bus accident.</p><p>He used to help support his family by taking up small jobs. However, he never lost hope and took up athletics in school.</p><p>Soon, he grew up to win medals for India at various competitions. He has also won the Padma Shri Award.</p><p>His achievements show that we can achieve our dreams with hard work and dedication.</p><h5>About World Para Athletics Championships.</h5><p>It's a track and field event for para-athletes organised by the International Paralympic Committee. It was first held in Germany in 1994.</p><p>The 2024 Para Athletics World Championships was held from 17 to 25th May 2024 in Kobe, Japan.</p><p>While 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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