London: Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda gave India its first medal at the Paralympic Games after bagging a silver in the Men's High Jump F42 event here.
The 24-year-old from Karnataka, who has an impairment in his left leg, sailed over a height of 1.74m using scissors technique in the final of the event to finish second in the presence of an 80,000 capacity crowd 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 1.74m as Girisha and Mamczarz, he won gold on the basis of taking less jumps....
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10:48 AM, Sep 04, 2012
Ten Indian athletes have gone to London to participate in the Paralympic Games which is scheduled to begin from Wednesday. Here is the complete schedule of the events they are participating in and also the timings of the events. 30th August - Farman Basha in the (-48kg) powerlifting at 7:30 p.m. - Sharath Gaekwad in the 100m Butterfly-S8 at 2:50 p.m. The finals of the same are at 10:50 p.m.... 
