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India bag two medals in high jump at World Para Athletics Championships

India bagged two medals in the high jump at the World Para Athletics Championships in London last night. While Sharad Kumar won a silver medal, Varun Bhati bagged bronze medal in the T42 event.Sharad recorded his career-best performance with a jump of 1.84 metre, just 0.02 metre short of USA's Sam Gwewe who took gold with a championship record. Varun Bhati's final successful jump was 1.77 metre. With that, India have increased their medal tally to five. Earlier, Sundar Singh Gurjar opened India's account at the World Para Athletics Championships by clinching gold in the men's javelin throw event. Two days later, Amit Saroha added to the tally when he clinched silver medal in the club throw event in the F-51 category. And just a day ago, discus thrower Karamjyoti Dalal claimed a brone medal in the Women's F55 category.

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