Dipa Karmakar Hails Paralympic Games Medal Winners
Mariyappan Thangavelu clinched the gold medal in men's high jump T-42 at Rio Paralympics while Varun Singh Bhati won the bronze medal
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Dipa congratulated Mariyappan, Bhati for winning medal in Rio Paralympics
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Mariyappan won gold in men's high jump at Rio Paralympics
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Varun Singh Bhati won the bronze medal in the same event
Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who missed out on an Olympic medal by a whisker in Rio de Janeiro, showered praise on Thangavelu Mariyappan and Varun Singh Bhati for winning gold and bronze respectively in the Paralympics.ÂÂ
"You have achieved something what I could not. I would have loved to meet both of you in person," Dipa said in her congratulatory message.
Dipa's coach Bishweshwar Nandi said: "Proud to be an Indian. You (Mariyappan and Bhati) have made us proud."
India's national anthem was finally played at the medal ceremony in Rio after 21-year-old Mariyappan of Tamil Nadu won the gold in men's high jump T-42 event at the Paralympics by jumping a personal best of 1.89 metres.
Noida lad Bhati also secured a personal best of 1.86m in the same event to win a bronze as India for the first time had two members on the podium.