Sharad Kumar credits 'Bhagavad Gita' after winning bronze medal at Tokyo Paralympics

Sharad Kumar, who jumped to 1.83m to win the bronze, suffered meniscus dislocation (a type of knee injury) on Monday and wept all through the night.

Tokyo: Sharad Kumar was on the verge of pulling out from Paralympics T63 high jump final due to a knee problem but dialling his family back in India and reading Bhagavad Gita a night before the event helped him overcome the anxiety for a bronze-winning effort. The 29-year-old Patna-born athlete, who jumped to 1.83m to win the bronze, suffered meniscus dislocation (a type of knee injury) on Monday and wept all through the night. "I felt great to have won a bronze because I had an injury on my leg (sustained during training on Monday), my meniscus dislocated last night. I the cried whole night and thought of pulling out of the event," Kumar said after the event.  Just as at Rio 2016, #IND have  athletes in the podium places in Men's High Jump T63 Final!