Correct Answer - Option 2 : High Jump
The correct answer is High Jump.
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Mariyappan Thangavelu has won a gold medal in the 2016 Rio Paralympics in the high jump.
- Mariyappan Thangavelu won a gold medal in the men’s high jump T-42 event at the Rio Paralympics.
- Mariyappan Thangavelu is from Tamil Nadu.
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Varun Singh Bhati won the bronze medal in the same event.
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Aishwaryaa Dhanush is making a film about Thangavelu's life.
- Olympic style games for athletes with a disability were organized for the first time in Rome in 1960, immediately after the Olympic Games.
- They are considered the first Paralympic Games.
- First-Ever Gold for India: India’s Devendra created history by winning the first-ever gold for the country in Athens Paralympics 2004.
- He claimed gold in the Javelin throw.