Tokyo Paralympics: Discus thrower Vinod Kumar declared ineligible, loses bronze

Vinod Kumar. Pic/PTI

Discus thrower Vinod Kumar, 41, on Monday lost his F52 category bronze medal at the Paralympics here after being found ineligible in disability classification assessment by the competition panel.

The BSF man produced a best throw of 19.91m to finish third behind Piotr Kosewicz (20.02m) of Poland and Velimir Sandor (19.98m) of Croatia on Sunday.

However, the result was challenged by some competitors. "...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 and his results in that competition are void."

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