India's Suhas Yatiraj, Pramod Bhagat and Krishna Nagar won gold medals in men's singles SL4, SL3 and SH6 classes respectively at the Para-Badminton World Championships held in Pattaya on February 25th. This marked the end of a successful advance.
Paralympic silver medalist and world No. 3 Yatiraj won his first world title by defeating Indonesia's Freddy Setiawan 21-18 in the SL4 final (standing/lower limb impairment/mild).
Yatiraj, 40, a 2007 batch IAS officer from Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh cadre, tweeted, “Gold medal. Happy and proud to be world champion.”
Yatiraj, who is handicapped in one of his ankles, is currently the general secretary and general secretary of the UP government's youth welfare and Prantiya Rakshak Dal.
Tokyo Paralympic gold medalist Bhagat, who won one gold medal and two bronze medals at the Para-Asian Games held in China, defeated England's Daniel Bethel 14-21 21- in the SL3 (Standing/Lower Limb Impairment/Severe) final. 15 defeated 21-14.
In this way, Bhagat completed his hat-trick, following that against Stoke Mandeville in 2015 and Basel in 2019. He also won gold medals at the 2022 Tokyo Games and the 2009 Seoul Games.
“This victory holds a very special place in my heart for many reasons,” said the Bihar-born shuttler, who is one of six children and was diagnosed with polio at the age of five. Ta.
“Firstly, I was able to match my idol Lin Dan's record of five world championships, and secondly, I was able to retain my world championship for three consecutive times.”
Apart from the gold medal, the 35-year-old won two bronze medals in men's doubles and mixed doubles with Sukanth Kadam and Manisha Ramadas respectively. His three medals bring his medal tally to 14, with six gold, three silver and five bronze across categories.
In the SH6 category (standing/short height), Paralympic gold medalist Krishna Nagar was also crowned champion after defeating China's Lin Naili 22-20, 22-20 in the other men's singles final.
In the women's singles SU5 (standing/upper extremity disability), Manisha Ramadas lost to China's Yang Qiuxia 16-21 in the final to win the silver medal.
The men's doubles pair of Chirag Baleta and Raj Kumar and the women's doubles pair of Rachana Shaileshkumar and Nitya Sule Sumathy Sivan each won silver medals after losing the finals in the SU5 and SH6 categories respectively. Obtained.
In the women's doubles (SL3-SU5) category, Manasi Joshi and Thulasimati Murugesan won the silver medal after losing to the Indonesian team of Leani Ratri Oktila and Harimatus Sadiya 20-22, 17-21 in the final.
Bhagat vs Bethel
Pramod and Bethel enjoy a healthy rivalry with the England shuttler, who has won 11 of 17 meetings.
The final match was a very close battle, with the two contestants having a fierce battle that lasted for 1 hour and 40 minutes.
“The game against Bethel will be the toughest for me both mentally and physically. I haven't played well against Bethel in recent months, but this time the doubters were wrong. It was time to prove it.
“The match was energetic and Bethel played well, but we managed to emerge victorious,” said Bhagat.
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