India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu jumps in the men’s T42 high jump final during the Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. PIC/AFP 

Rio de Janeiro: Mariyappan Thangavelu became only the third Indian ever to clinch a Paralympic gold, while Varun Bhati secured a bronze as the duo scripted history for the country in the men’s T42 high jump event of the ongoing Rio Games here on Friday.