India’s Pramod Bhagat became the first Indian badminton player to win a giold medal at Paralympics. Bhagat achieved the feat after defeating Great Britain’s Daniel Bathell 2-0 in the Men’s Singles SL3 final at the Tokyo on Saturday.
The 33-years-old who contracted polio at age four, defeated the British 21-14, 21-17 on his Paralympics debut.
Compatriot Manoj Sarkar, who had lost to Bathell in the semifinal, came back strongly to beat Japan’s Fujihara Daisuke 2-0 in the bronze medal match.
PM Modi also extended his greetings to the Paralympics medallists.
Sarkar, ranked fourth in the world, trailed initially but fought back to win the first game 22-20 in 22 minutes.
