What a great day for India in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, two gold, one silver, and one bronze on Saturday made every Indian exceptionally proud.
India’s Pramod Bhagat defeated Daniel Bethell of Great Britain in the final of the men’s singles badminton (SL3 class) event at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympic to win the gold medal on Saturday.
Four-time world champion Pramod Bhagat scripted history by becoming the first Indian ever to win a badminton gold at the Paralympics at the Tokyo 2020 Games on Saturday.
Bhagat won 21-14, 21-17 to win his country’s fourth gold medal of the ongoing marquee event. With the result, India’s medal tally has now risen to 17 so far. This is the country’s best-ever showing at a Paralympic event.
Meanwhile, Manoj Sarkar beat Daisuke Fujihara of Japan and clinched the Bronze medal in the same category.
So far, India has won 17 medals at the Paralympics – four gold, seven silver, and six bronze medals.
The 33-year-old Bhagat from Bhubaneswar also remains in contention for a bronze medal in mixed doubles SL3-SU5 class. Bhagat and his partner Palak Kohli will square off against Japanese pair of Daisuke Fujihara and Akiko Sugino in the bronze medal play-off on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again took to tweeter and congratulated the winners
He also congratulated Manoj Sarkar on his win over Bronze Medal for the same category
