High jumper Nishad Kumar of T47 category clinched his second successive silver at the Paralympic Games with a season’s best effort of 2.04m here on Sunday.
Nishad had also won a silver in Tokyo Paralympics three years ago. He had jumped 2.06m then in Tokyo.
Nishad’s silver was India’s third medal from para-athletics and seventh for the country overall in Paris Paralympics.
Earlier in the day, Preethi Pal created history as she became the first Indian woman track and field athlete to win two medals at the Paralympics while clinching the bronze in the 200m T35 category with a personal best time of 30.01 seconds.