World Para-Badminton Championship: Pramod Bhagat beats Daniel Bethel to win gold medal. badminton news

Indian para-badminton player Pramod Bhagat made a spectacular comeback and won the gold medal at the World Para-Badminton Championships on Sunday. Pramod won the medal in the MS SL3 category final by defeating Daniel Bethel of United Kingdom 14-21, 21-15, 21-14 (2:1) in a marathon match that lasted one hour and 40 minutes. In the semi-finals, the top shuttler defeated India’s Manoj Sarkar in a tight 3-set contest. The match lasted for 75 minutes, the first set was a draw and eventually Pramod won over Manoj.

Like the first set, in the second set too there was nothing to differentiate between the two and Manoj won it. The final and final adjudicator could do nothing to differentiate between the two athletes and in the end, Pramod defeated Manoj to book his place in the final. Read the final score. 23-21, 20-22 and 21-18.

Earlier in the day, Suhas Yathiraj and Krishna Nagar won gold medals in their respective events. Suhas won the gold medal in the Side Lower (SL) 4 final by defeating Indonesia’s Freddy Setiawan in straight games, while Krishna won 22-20, 22-20 in a thrilling encounter against Lynn Neely. SH6 final against Chinese player.

However, Manisha Ramadoss lost to China’s Yang Qiu Xia 16-21, 16-21 in the Side Upper (SU) 5 final on Sunday.

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