Updated On: 12 October, 2018 09:06 AM IST | Jakarta | PTI
Para high jumper smashes continental record to top podium in T42/63 category; Varun Bhati bags silver, Thangavelu Mariyappan clinches bronze

India's Sharad Kumar bagged his second successive high jump gold in the Asian Games at Jakarta yesterday
India took over the podium in men's high jump T42/63 category, claiming all the medals up for grabs with defending champion Sharad Kumar smashing two records to snare a second successive gold in the Asian Para Games here yesterday.
The world championships silver-medallist, 26, bettered the Asian as well as the Games record with a jump of 1.90m to claim the top honours. The T42/63 covers lower limb deficiency, leg length difference, impaired muscle power and impaired range of movement.