Tokyo Paralympics 2020 Badminton

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: 'He is a champion,' Twitter reacts to Pramod Bhagat's historic gold medal

World number one Bhagat, who is also an Asian champion, beat Great Britain's Daniel Bethell in the summit clash while Sarkar defeated Japan's Daisuke Fujihara in the third-place play-off.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Pramod Bhagat bags historic badminton gold; Manoj Sarkar claims bronze

With badminton making its debut at the Paralympics this year, Bhagat, the current World No 1, thus became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the sport.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Pramod Bhagat, Suhas Yathiraj, Krishna Nagar enter badminton finals

The 33-year-old Bhagat, the current world No 1, secured a 21-11, 21-16 win over Japan's Daisuke Fujihara in the first SL3 class semi-finals that lasted 36 minutes.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Shuttlers Suhas Yathiraj and Tarun Dhillon register wins in opening round; Kohli-Parmar lose

The 38-year-old Suhas took just 19 minutes to see off Germany's Jan Niklas Pott 21-9 21-3 in a lopsided group A clash.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: After pandemic duty, IAS officer cum shuttler Suhas L Yathiraj gears up for Games

The bureaucrat along Manoj Sarkar on Friday qualified after the game's governing body BWF granted two bipartite quotas to India, making it a seven-member contingent at the Tokyo Games.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Mansi Joshi sets sights on quadrennial event after World Championships triumph

Bolstered by the historic para-badminton World Championships gold, Manasi Joshi has now turned her eyes on making the cut for next year's Paralympics and said she is focussing on mixed doubles as SL3 category is not part of the Tokyo Games.