Mariyappan and Varun won medals in the men's high jump T-42 event. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan was elated over their win when he tweeted:
T 2375 -#Paralympics joy for India .. Gold & Bronze for Thangavelu and Bhatti in high jump ! COME ON INDIA !!!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) September 10, 2016
Dangal star Aamir Khan congratulated Mariaapan and tweeted:
Congratulations Mariyappan! You have done India proud. Thank you. Love. a.
— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) September 10, 2016
Actress Anushka Sharma, who was last seen as a wrestler in Sultan was impressed with their 'stellar' performances.
Congratulations #MariyappanThangavelu and #VarunSinghBhati on the absolutely stellar performance and on creating history.. #Paralympics
— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) September 10, 2016
Actors Arjun Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Manoj Bajpayee, Rahul Bose, Arjun Rampal and Goldie Behl were also excited after the win.
Keep shining #MariyappanThangavelu & #VarunSingh . Ur spirit inspires all of us to believe in ourselves again #Paralympics #PrideOfOurNation
— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) September 10, 2016
This is incredible!!!! #Paralympics https://t.co/847pWkEwBp
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) September 10, 2016
so proud.congratulations.#Paralympics https://t.co/VifVRdPGWB
— Manoj Bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) September 10, 2016
Playing is reward in itself, but sometimes its nice to have the icing on the cake too. #Paralympics https://t.co/eeric7wWR1
— Rahul Bose (@RahulBose1) September 10, 2016
Wow!!!! Here comes our Gold. He is a real super hero. Congratulations Mariyappan #realsuperhero https://t.co/rTXbB3E0vA
— arjun rampal (@rampalarjun) September 10, 2016
A high jump for #MariyappanThangavelu a giant leap for #india Finally we win #gold #proudindian #Paralympics https://t.co/ZfhLO1KC2O
— goldie behl (@GOLDIEBEHL) September 10, 2016
Mariyappan became the first Indian high-jumper to win a gold medal at the Paralympics, with a leap of 1.89 metres. Varun jumped 1.86 metres to be ranked third.
