Wet weather affected my chances: Mariyappan
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India’s T. Mariyappan and Sharad Kumar, the silver and bronze medallists in the men’s high jump event respectively at the Tokyo Paralympics, said on Tuesday at a virtual press conference that the slow to heavy drizzle made their task quite difficult to perform. “At the start, there was a mild drizzle, so we were able to jump without much difficulty. But after 1.80m, there was mild to heavy rain and my socks got wet which made my take-off and jump difficult,” said Mariyappan. “I could have jumped 1.90m had there been no rain.” Sharad remarked that the rain was making things quite dangerous. “It was a dangerous situation to perform under rainy conditions,” he said.More Related News