Discus thrower Vinod Kumar loses bronze, declares unsuitable for re-classification

Indian Vinod Kumar lost his bronze medal in the F52 men’s discus after being deemed “unfit” by a disability assessment. The organizers confirmed the development in an official statement on Monday, published by the technical delegates.

“The results of the competition have been changed after the classified score in the competition. Following an observational assessment of the classification in competition and subsequent re-evaluation by the classification committee, you cannot nominate Athlete Vinod Kumar of the NPC of India with Sport Class and the athlete is designated as Incomplete Classification, the statement said.

“Consequently, the athlete is not eligible. He competed in the men’s competition for medals in the F52 category, and his result in this competition was zero,”he added.

The 41-year-old BSF player on Sunday made the best shot of 19.91 m and finished third behind Piotr Kosevich (20.02 m) from Poland and Velimir Sandor (19.98 m) from Croatia