Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Pramod Bhagat enters badminton men’s singles SL3 finals, assured of silver

Xtra Time Web Desk: Reigning world champion Pramod Bhagat stormed into the badminton men’s singles SL3 at Tokyo Paralympics on Saturday. However Manoj Sarkar lost in the other semi final. The top seeded Indian will clash with Great Britain’s Daniel Bethell in the summit clash later in the day.

The 33-year-old Bhagat, who is also the world no 1 and current Asian champion, secured a 21-11 21-16 win over Japan’s Daisuke Fujihara in the first SL3 class semifinals that lasted 36 minutes.

Manoj, however, couldn’t get into any sort of rhythm against second seeded Bethell, going down 8-21 10-21 in the other men’s singles SL3 class semifinals.The 31-year-old will now play Fujihara in the bronze medal play-off later in the day.

Bhagat, who had developed a defect on his left leg after contracting polio at the age of 5, has won a total of 45 international medals, including four world championship golds. He won two golds and a bronze in men’s singles, besides two gold and silver in men’s doubles at the BWF Para world championships in the last eight years.

In the 2019 edition at Basel, Bhagat had won gold medals in both singles and doubles events.

In the 2018 Asian Para Games, he won two medals – a gold and a bronze. He topped it up with two gold medals and one silver medal at the IWAS World games in 2019.

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Title: Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Pramod Bhagat enters badminton men’s singles SL3 finals, assured of silver
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Published Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2021 06:25:09 +0000

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