Rs 30 lakh reward for Paralympian silver medalist

September 04, 2012 16:09

Sports minister Ajay Maken has confirmed a Rs 30 lakh reward for Paralympics silver medalist Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda. He gave India gave its first medal at the London Paralympic Games after bagging a silver 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 1.74m 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.

Maken has said that rewards would be the same for Olympians and Paralympians.

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