Aishwarya Dhanush’s next a biopic on Paralympian Thangavelu
Filmmaker Aishwarya Dhanush Rajinikanth's next Tamil directorial will be a biopic on Indian Paralympic high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu, and it…
India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu created history on Saturday morning by winning a gold medal in the men’s high jump T-42 event at the Rio Paralympics.
His compatriot Varun Singh Bhati clinched the bronze medal in the same event.
While Thangavelu made a leap of 1.89 metres, Bhati jumped his personal best of 1.86 metres to finish third.
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India’s other medal prospect Sharad Kumar finished at number six.
USA’s Sam Grewe bagged the silver medal.
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