Guwahati, August 30 (NKTV): Indian Discus thrower Vinod Kumar on Monday lost his F52 category Bronze Medal at the Tokyo Paralympics after being found ineligible in disability classification assessment by the competition panel.
Kumar had produced a best throw of 19.91 metres to finish third on Sunday.
“The panel was unable to allocate the athlete Vinod Kumar from NPC India with a sport class and the athlete was designated as Classification not Completed (CNC)” the organisers said in a statement. “The athlete is therefore ineligible for the Men’s F52 Discus medal event and his results in that competition are void” it added.
It may be mentioned here that Vinod Kumar’s classification was done on August 22.
F52 is for athletes with impaired muscle power, restricted range of movement, limb deficiency or leg length difference, with athletes competing in seated position with cervical cord injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, and functional disorder. Para-athletes are classified depending on the type and extent of their disability.
The classification system allows athletes to compete those with a similar level of ability.
Inputs from PTI