Canada Para Badminton: Pramod Bhagat wins silver as India sign off with 9 medals

Ottawa (Canada): Paralympic gold medallist Pramod Bhagat of Odisha won the silver at the Canada International Para Badminton in Ottawa.

Pramod Bhagat had to settle for the silver medal after going down fighting against his arch rival Daniel Bethell 14-21, 21-9, 15-21. This was Bhagat’s second defeat to England’s Paralympic silver medallist since the Tokyo 2020 Games.

With Pramod Bhagat’s medal, the Indian para shuttlers continued their great run of form as they clinched nine medals including two gold by Manasi Joshi and Manisha Ramadass.

Odisha’s Paralympic and World champion @PramodBhagat83 won the Men’s SL3 singles #silver medal at the Canada Para Badminton International in Ottawa.

In the hard-fought final, the #Odisha star lost to England’s Daniel Bethell 14-21, 21-9, 15-21.

Congratulations 👏 pic.twitter.com/x4hrB5uRnD

— Odisha Sports (@sports_odisha) June 13, 2022

Among other medallists are: Nitesh Kumar (Men’s Singles SL3), Parul Parmar (Women’s Singles SL3), Tarun Dhillon (Men’s Singles SL4), Ruthick Raghupathi (Men’s Singles SU5) and Tarun Dhillon (Men’s Doubles SL3-SL4) who claimed the bronze medal in their respective categories.