Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur congratulated discus thrower Vinod Kumar for winning the bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. He said “this is turning out to be an epic National Sports Day”. Vinod became India’s third medal winner after Nishad Kumar and Bhavina Patel on Sunday.
The 42-year-old BSF man produced a best throw of 19.91m to finish third behind Piotr Kosewicz (20.02m) of Poland and Velimir Sandor (19.98m) of Croatia in Tokyo.
“This is turning out to be an epic National Sports Day! #IND has won it’s 3rd Medal at #Tokyo2020 #Paralympics. “#VinodKumar delivered a winning throw! Well done & heartiest congratulations!!! Bronze in discus throw F-52 Final event, New Asian Record at 19.91m,” Anurag Thakur tweeted.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took to social media to congratulate Vinod Kumar on his historic achievement. “India is rejoicing thanks to Vinod Kumar’s stupendous performance! Congratulations to him for the Bronze Medal. His hard work and determination is yielding outstanding results,” PM Modi tweeted.
