Bhubaneswar, Dec 18: Para Asian gold medalist and India’s most decorated badminton star Pramod Bhagat clinched two silvers, each one in men’s SL3 singles and SL3-SU5 mixed doubles events, at the 5th Fazza Dubai Para Badminton International 2023, officials said on Monday.

#Odisha’s Paralympic champion Pramod Bhagat won one silver medal each in men’s SL3 singles and SL3-SU5 mixed doubles events of the 5th Dubai Para Badminton International 2023 at Al Nasr Club in Dubai, UAE.

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In the men's singles SL 3 category, Pramod went down to England’s Daniel Bethell in the finals, the game was intense and could have swung anyway. Daniel held his nerves in the end of both games to clear the finish line with a score 21-17, 21-18.

In the Mixed Doubles SL3 and SU 5 category Pramod and Manisha Ramdass went down to Indonesia’s Hikmat Ramdani and Leani Ratri Oktila in the finals, the final score read 21-14 and 21-11.

On the other hand, world Para-Badminton No. 2 ranked pair of Manasi Joshi and Thulasimathi Murugesan clinched a gold medal in the women’s doubles Sl3-SU5 category.

India also secured a bronze medal in Mixed Doubles SL 3 and SU 5 with Kumar Nitesh and Thulasimathi Murugesan.
In the men’s singles SL 4 category, Suhas Yathiraj took silver while Sukant Kadama and Tarun secured bronze while Palak Kohli secured bronze in the women’s singles SL4.

In the Men’s doubles Sl 3- SL4 category Manoj Sarkar and his Korean partner Cho Nadan pocketed silver while Kumar Nitesh and Tarun secured bronze.

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