Rishnawinsgold,suhas ags silver in badminton
Krishna Nagar secured a nd gold medal in badminton Suhas Yathiraj claimed a r as it turned out to be a r Sunday for the Indian badon contingent at the Tokyo lympics here. The 22-yearnagar, seeded second, ated Hong Kong’s Chu Man 1-17 16-21 21-17 in the men’s es SH6 class final to retain nbeaten run at the Games join compatriot Pramod at in the gold medal winlist. agat had claimed India’s gold in badminton in SL3
on Saturday. “This is a m come true. I want to k my father, mother, uncle, ie, God, my coaches,” said r after winning India’s fifth at the Games. “This is the time that badminton has added to the Paralympics I hope that India will keep ing and doing their best at ming Games.” Suhas ended ampaign with a silver after g down fighting against top Lucas Mazur of France in en’s singles SL4 class final. e 38-year-old Noida district istrate, who has an impairt in one of his ankles, prod an entertaining performbefore narrowly going n 21-15 17-21 15-21 to twoworld champion Mazur in ummit clash. Bhagat and k Kohli, however, lost 21-23 in mixed doubles SL3-SU5 bronze medal playoff. agar, who has a short statmpairment, picked up the pionships in singles and doubles respectively. The world No. 2 also won a silver in Brazil and two gold medals in singles and doubles in Peru last year. He also claimed two gold medals at the Dubai Para Badminton International in April this year.
Nagar, who last played Chu Man Kai in the Thailand para badminton two years ago, came into the match with a 2-1 headto-head advantage. It turned out to be a pulsating contest as the duo fought tooth and nail but the Indian showed better nerves to come up trumps in the end.
The duo played short rallies initially and Nagar managed to lead 4-2 and 8-6 before Chu Man clawed back and led 11-9 at the break after the Indian hit wide.
Chu Man continued in the same vein and soon opened up a when his rival went to net.
Chu Man recovered to lead 11-7 in the second game after an initial close battle. The Thai player stayed ahead and eventually unleashed a smash to take the match to the decider. Nagar got his act together in the decider, cruising to 5-1 lead before moving to 7-2 with Chu Man struggling with his finishing. The Indian led 11-7 with a looping forehand return before moving to 13-8 after resumption. However, errors crept in his game, allowing Chu Man to level at 13-13.
Nagar stepped up his game in the final stages and unleashed a series of smashes. He grabbed four match points with another superb return, squandered one before rushing into the arms of coach Gaurav Khanna in cele