Suhas Yathiraj, the district magistrate of Gautam Buddha Nagar, reached the final of badminton men's singles SL4 event at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. The 38-year-old defeated Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan 21-9, 21-15 to assure India of a 15th medal at the Tokyo edition.
Reigning world champion Pramod Bhagat on Saturday stormed into the men's singles finals of the badminton event. He secured a 21-11 21-16 win over Japan's Daisuke Fujihara in the first SL3 class semifinals that lasted 36 minutes.
High jumper Nishad Kumar clinched a silver with an Asian record before discus thrower Vinod Kumar fetched a bronze which was put on hold after a protest over his disability classification as India began collecting what is expected to be an unprecedented haul of athletics medals in the Paralympics here on Sunday.
Bhavinaben Patel continued to script history as she became the first Indian to enter the final of a table tennis event in the Paralympics with a hard-fought 3-2 win over China's Miao Zhang in a class 4 semifinal here on Saturday.
District Magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar (UP), Suhas LY, is set to represent India in the impending 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in badminton. The Summer Paralympics will begin from August 24 in Tokyo.
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