Indian combined doubles pair of Pramod Bhagat and Palak Kohli misplaced to Japan’s Daisuke Fujihara and Akiko Sugino in a bronze medal play-off match on the Paralympics on Sunday.
In the ultimate of the SL3-SU5 class that lasted 37 minutes, the Indian pair misplaced to their Japanese opponents 21-23, 19-21 and completed fourth. They had earlier misplaced 3-21, 15-21 within the semi-finals to the Indonesian mixture of Harry Susanto and Lynne Ratri Oktila.
The two pairs had been head to head throughout your complete match. The Indians had been main 10-8 within the first sport however the Japanese got here again strongly at 10-10. After that, the score-line reads 14-14, 18-18 after which 20-20. The Indians had been up 21-20 however then ultimately misplaced 21-23.
Absolutely unbelievable show of gritty teamwork and partnership by @palakkohali2002 And @PramodBhagat83 SL3-SU5 in combined doubles #badminton to close down #finishSpectacular historic rally on #tokyo2020 #paralympics! A nicely fought fourth place, what a match!🏸 #Praise4Para #Parabadminton pic.twitter.com/1l5FJSWKWx
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In the second sport as nicely, the 2 pairs had been tied 10–10 earlier than the Japanese gained 21–19 and gained the bronze medal. Bhagat, 33, gained India’s first badminton gold within the males’s singles SL3 class on the Paralympics on Saturday. This was 19-year-old Kohli’s first Paralympics.
In the SL3 class, shuttlers with minor decrease limb impairments play standing whereas higher limb impairments play standing in SL5.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
