Badminton GoldIndia’s Pramod Bhagat won the badminton gold in the men’s singles SL3 category against Great Britain’s Daniell Bethell at the Tokyo Paralympics on Saturday. This was India’s first medal in badminton at the Paralympics Games. The 33-year-old Bhagat from Bhubaneswar had contracted polio when he was four years old and picked up the sports after watching his neighbours play. Pramod Bhagat got into competitive para badminton in 2006 and has close to 50 international medals. Badminton was introduced to the Paralympics for the first time at Tokyo 2020.

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