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How Did Dharmaraj Jump So Far and Win Gold? 🚀

India’s Dharmaraj Solairaj defended his long‑jump title at the Asian Para Games in Japan 🏅

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Dharmaraj won gold by jumping 7.15 meters, the farthest ever in Asia for his group.

He used a prosthetic running leg to achieve the jump.

The event compared athletes using a points system that adjusts for different abilities.

Silver went to Malaysia and bronze to Japan.

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On his second try he leapt 7.15 m, setting a new Asian record for athletes with leg impairments 📏

He competes with a running prosthesis, a special artificial leg that helps him run fast 🤖

Malaysia’s Eddy Bernard earned silver and Japan’s Yuma Tamaki earned bronze 🌟

The competition uses a points system to compare athletes with different types of impairments 📊

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5 words

defended

kept a title that was won before

prosthesis

an artificial body part that replaces a missing one

impairments

differences that make moving harder

points system

a way to give scores so athletes can be compared fairly

record

the best performance ever measured

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