Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda gave India its first medal at the London Paralympic Games as he bagged a silver medal in the Men's High Jump F42 event. The 24-year old from Karnataka, who has an impairment in his left leg, sailed over a height of 1.74 metre using scissors technique in the final of the event to finish second last night. Iliesa Delana of Fiji won the gold, while Lukasz Mamczarz of Poland settled for bronze. Although Delana finished on the same height of 1.74 metre as Girisha and Mamczarz but won gold on the basis of taking less jumps