Tokyo Paralympics: Vinod Kumar’s bronze medal under ‘Classification Observation Process’, know all about it

Vinod Kumar registered his best attempt in his fifth try. However, the victory ceremony was postponed to the evening session of Monday (August 30) after a protest was lodged against him.

Discus thrower Vinod Kumar’s bronze medal win at the Tokyo Paralympics has been put under review after competitors lodged a protest against the athlete’s classification in the F52 category at the Games. Kumar registered throws of 17.46m, 18.32m, 17.80m, 19.12m, 19.91m, and 19.81m in his six attempts to finish third behind Poland’s Piotr Kosewiczwin (20.02m) and Velimir Sandor (19.98m) of Croatia. Kumar registered his best attempt in his fifth try. However, the victory ceremony was postponed to the evening session of Monday (August 30) after a protest was lodged against him. In Tokyo, the Technical Delegates of the Organising Committee in an official communication informed that the men’s Discus F52 is under ‘Classification Observation Process’. “Results of the event are currently under review due to classification observation in competition,” it said.