Brazil Para Badminton: Bhagat secures double gold, India finish with 10 medals
Ace Indian shuttler Pramod Bhagat clinched two gold medals as Indian Para badminton players returned home with a rich haul of 10 medals from Brazil Para Badminton International Championships here.
World No. 1 Bhagat picked up the gold medals in men's singles SL3 and men's doubles SL3-SL4 categories along with Manoj Sarkar and, thus accumulated the important ranking points towards the qualification to Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, where Para Badminton will make its debut.
"It's great to start off the year on a strong note. Winning the golds here gave me a lot of confidence and I feel good now looking ahead in the Road to Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Last year, I had to settle for the silver in the Tokyo 2020 test event in Japan. It was disappointing," Bhagat told Paralympic Committee of India.
Top seed Bhagat first defeated his compatriot Sarkar, seeded two, in a thrilling men's singles final 22-20, 23-21 before combining with the latter to pull off a comfortable 21-11, 21-7 win over ...