World Para Athletics Championship: Silver, bronze for Sharad and Varun

London, July 23: India's Sharad Kumar and Varun Bhati bagged silver and bronze medals respectively in the High Jump event at the World Para Athletics Championship here.

Sharad and Bhati participated in the T-42 category of men's high jump event.

Sharad cleared a personal best height of 1.84m to win the silver while Bhati - a Rio Paralympics medallist leaped 1.77m to earn a podium finish.

The gold medal was won by United States' Sam Grewe, who leaped a height 1.86m.

India now have five medals with a gold, two silver and two bronze medals. India are currently 29th in the medal standings.

PTI