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India opened its medal account at the Rio Paralympics with Mariyappan Thangavelu winning the gold and Varun Singh Bhati the bronze in the mens T42 high jump.?The T42 category includes athletes who have had above-the-knee amputations in a single leg or a disability that is comparable.Thangavelu jumped 1.89m and Bhati, 1.86m. Sam Grewe of the US won the silver.Indias Sharad Kumar led at one stage after clearing 1.55m and 1.60m. But his best jump was only 1.77m, leaving him in sixth position.Thangavelu jumped 1.77m in his tenth attempt, along with three others -- Polands Lukasz Mamczarz, Chinas Zhiqiang Zhing and Kumar.In the later stages, with the contest reduced to three competitors, Bhati set the tone with a jump of 1.83m along with Thagavelu. After Grewe cleared 1.86m to grab the top spot, the Indians equalled the height. Thangavelu eventually grabbed the top honours by finishing with a jump of 1.89m.Thangavelu, 21, thus became the third Indian ever to win a Paralympics gold -- after Murlikant Petkar (50m freestyle 3, 1972) and Devendra Jhajharia (javelin, 2004).Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra was among the first to congratulate?Thangavelu and Bhati.Mariyappan joins the gold medal club, welcome! Kudos 2 @GoSportsVoices for aiding Varun Bhati who won bronze! Champs pic.twitter.com/dQhlnGP45n- Abhinav Bindra (@Abhinav_Bindra) 10 September 2016Thangavelu had qualified for the Paralympics after attaining the A qualification mark at the IPC Grand Prix in Tunisia this year. His right leg had had to amputated after being crushed by a bus while he was on his way to school. Thangavelu was five years old at the time.Bhati, who is from Greater Noida and trains at the Sports Authority of India centre in Bangalore, has polio in one leg. He had won the gold at the 2014 China Open Athletics Championship, and finished fifth at the 2014 Para Asian Games in Incheon (South Korea) and 2015 Para World Championships in Doha (Qatar). He had also achieved the A qualification mark for the 2012 London Paralympics.In other events at the Rio Paralympics, Sandeep and Narender Ranbir finished fourth and sixth, respectively, in F-42 javelin throw competition with personal best throws of 54.30m and 53.79m.Suyash Jadhav failed to advance to the final of the mens 50m freestyle in the S7 category after finishing fifth in his heat with a timing of 31.58s. ? Authentic NCAA Jerseys Store .com) - The Calgary Flames aim to bounce back from their first regulation home loss of the campaign on Friday night when they host a Detroit Red Wings club that they swept in three meetings a season ago. Wholesale NCAA Jerseys Online . Kuznetsov, who was selected by the Capitals in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, has been playing for his hometown team Chelyabinsk Traktor of the KHL. http://www.cheapcollegebasketballjerseys.us/ .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Wholesale College Jerseys . Aaron Harrison scored a 22 points for Kentucky (6-1), which has won four in a row following a Nov. 12 loss to current No. 1 Michigan State. Julius Randle overcame a scoreless first half and added his sixth double-double in as many games with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Cheap NCAA Jerseys Authentic . -- Aaron Murray threw for 408 yards and three touchdowns, ran for another score, and led No.Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - The Chicago Blackhawks agreed to terms on a two-year contract with reigning Hobey Baker Award winner Drew LeBlanc on Friday. The 24-year-old made his NHL debut in April, participating in a pair of games after putting together a 13-goal, 37-assist campaign in his senior season with St. Cloud State. LeBlanc left the Huskies after totaling 42 goals and 147 points in 171 contests. Chicago also agreed to a pair of one-year contracts, with defensemen Theo Peckham and Michael Kostka.dddddddddddd. Peckham only played a combined eight games between Edmonton and Oklahoma City in the AHL in 2012-13, but has logged 160 games of NHL experience, all with the Oilers, since 2007. The 25-year-old Ontario native has collected four goals and 13 assists in that time. Kostka tallied eight assists in 35 games for the Maple Leafs a season ago, his first NHL action following five-plus seasons in the AHL for several clubs. ' ' '