First ever Gold at Rio Paralympics 2016 !!!!!
-Mariyappan Thangavelu and Varun Bhati win Gold and Bronze respectively (Men's High Jump T42) What a wonderful start to my weekend it has been ! Visited the Lord at Lal Baugh followed by a scrumptious breakfast at Gurukripa (Sion) and in came the news, of India winning the first ever Gold and the Bronze at the Paralympics in Rio . I eagerly searched for that winning jump in Hotstar . Unfortunately Hotstar conveniently chose not to showcase the Paralympics currently underway at Rio , in the way it did for Rio 2016 Olympics. It made my blood boil that hardly anyone is ecstatic of the fact that Mariyappan created history today by clearing a height of 1.89m in the Paralympics High jump and that Varun Bhati clinched the Bronze ! Mariyappan qualified for the Rio Paralympics by clearing 1.78m at the IPL Grand Prix in Tunisia in March this year . Hailing from a small village called Periavadagampatti in Tamil Nadu ,he is being coached in Begaluru