New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Double Paralympic silver medallist Nishad Kumar won his first World Championships gold in high jump T47 while Paris Games silver medallist Simran Sharma won the women's 100m T12 final with a new personal best at the World Para Athletics Championships here on Friday. Nishad cleared 2.14m for a new personal best and Asian record and was followed by Turkey's Abdullah Ilgaz who took silver with a European record of 2.08m. American Roderick Townsend, a three-time Paralympics gold medallist, won bronze with a best of 2.03m. T47 classification includes athletes with upper limb impairment, such as a below-elbow or wrist amputation or impairment. Hailing from Amb in Himachal Pradesh, Nishad lost his right hand to a grass-cutting...