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Big prize money for Paralympics medal winners also: Maken

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:10 AM IST

Girisha gave India its first medal at the Paralympic Games after finishing second in the Men's High Jump F42 event.

Maken said all the medal winners at the Paralympics will be given the same amount of reward money, which was disbursed to the achievers at the Olympics Games.

"Paralympic Medal Winners also to get cash awards of same amount as Olympics. Rs 50 lacs Gold,30 Silver&20 Bronze. Nagaraj gets 30 lacs!," Maken tweeted today.

India had won six medals at the Olympics with wrestler Suhil Kumar and pistol shooter Vijay Kumar winning the silver medals.

Four others -- Saina Nehwal, Yogeshwar Dutt, Gagan Narang and MC Mary Kom -- won bronze medals.

  

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First Published: Sep 04 2012 | 9:15 PM IST

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