Nishad Kumar Takes High Jump T47 Gold With Games Record

Indian para athletics found its standout performer of 20 October 2026 in Nishad Kumar, who won the Men’s High Jump T47 title at the Asian Para Games 2026 and set a Games Record while doing it. Because he had already climbed the top step in the long jump earlier in the meet, the high jump win left him with two gold medals from one edition of the Games. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated him the same day.

Two golds in two different events

The detail that makes this result unusual is the pairing. Winning one jumping event at a continental meet is hard; winning two of them in the same edition asks an athlete to be good at two quite different skills. The high jump rewards a single explosive take-off that converts speed into height over a bar. The long jump rewards the same speed but sends it forward for distance, with a different take-off and landing. Nishad Kumar collected gold in both, which is why the Prime Minister singled out his range as much as his medals, saying that his versatility and his search for excellence stood out, and that he had earned admiration across the country.

The record inside the win

The high jump gold was not only a win on the day. The height he cleared was better than any previously recorded at the Asian Para Games in that event, so the result is a title and a Games Record together. A Games Record belongs to one competition only, which separates it from a national mark or a continental one, and it is the kind of distinction a question is built on.

Why the event carries a code

Para athletics attaches a classification code to the event name so that athletes with comparable impairment compete against each other. T47 is that code here, and it is part of the correct answer: the medal is a Men’s High Jump T47 gold, not simply a men’s high jump gold.

The medals at a glance

For the exam

Keep four items together: the athlete, the event with its class code, the record and the tally. Nishad Kumar, Men’s High Jump T47, a Games Record, and two golds at this edition counting the long jump. Distractors will change the code, swap high jump for long jump, or call the record a world record.