India’s fourth gold medalist, badminton player Pramod Bhagat defeats Britain’s Daniel in the final.
KEYWORDS :
- India has won its fourth gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics.
- Badminton player Pramod Bhagat of India defeated Daniel Bethel of Great Britain in the final of the SL3 category.
- Pramod won gold in the SH-1 category 50m air pistol.
- Manish Narwal won gold, and Sinharaj Adhana won silver.
- India has now won 14 medals in Tokyo.
India has won its fourth gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. Badminton player Pramod Bhagat of India defeated Daniel Bethel of Great Britain 21-14, 21-17 in the final of the SL3 category.
In this SL3 category, Manoj Sarkar won a bronze medal for India. He defeated Japan’s Daisuke Fojihara 22-20, 21-13 in the match for third place. In the first shooting, Pramod won gold in the SH-1 category 50m air pistol, Manish Narwal won gold, and Sinharaj Adhana won silver.
Manish scored 209 in the final, while Sinharaj won the silver medal with a score of 207. Earlier, Adhana was fourth in the qualifying round with 536 points, while Narwal was seventh with 533 points. Adhana has won a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol.
Prime Minister Modi
sends congratulations Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Manish and Sinharaj. He tweeted- Proud performance from Tokyo Paralympics continues.
A great achievement of young and very talented Manish Narwal. Winning his gold medal is a special moment for the Indian game. Congratulations to them.
Best wishes for the future.
In the shooting in Tokyo, Manish Narwal won the third gold medal for India. Singaraja, on the other hand, won Silver. Pramod advanced to the semi-finals by defeating Fujihara Daisuke of Japan 21-11, 21-16.
On the other hand, Suhas defeated Freddie Setiawan of Indonesia 21-9, 21-15. With this, India will get 15 medals in Tokyo. Suhas is the DM of Noida. He has won medals for the country at the international level before.
Pramod will compete for gold.
Pramod Bhagat will compete against Bethel Daniels for a gold medal. Manoj Sarkar, on the other hand, lost in the semi-finals. She lost to Bethel Daniels 21-8, 21-10 in the semifinals. Now Manoj Sarkar will face Fujihara Diasuke for the bronze medal. Both matches will be played at 3 p.m.
India won 3 medals on Friday before winning 3 medals on Friday. Harvinder Singh won the third medal for India in archery. He defeated the Korean archer in the shoot-off in the bronze medal match. Earlier, Avni Lekhra of Rajasthan had won a bronze medal in the 50m air rifle.
Apart from Avni, Praveen Kumar also won a medal for the country. He won a silver medal with a new Asian record for a high jump. He won the medal in the high jump in the T-64 category.
India has now won 14 medals in Tokyo. There have been 12 medals in 11 Paralympics so far in 53 years. The Paralympics have been taking place since 1960. India has been participating in the Paralympics since 1968, while India did not participate in 1976 and 1980.
