Gold medals kept piling in Bharat’s record medal tally
as the shuttler duo of Nitesh Kumar and Tarun claimed gold in the men’s doubles
SL3-SL4 event in the ongoing 4th Asian Para Games on Friday.
In the first set, they struggled to claim points
against the Indonesian pair of Fredy and Dwiyoko. Within a blink of an eye,
they lost the first set by 21-9.
But they braced themselves for the next two sets
winning the second and deciding set by 21-19 and 22-20 to clinch the gold
medal.
Following Pramod Bhagat’s success, Suhas Yathiraj
produced an exceptional performance on the court with a remarkable comeback
victory.
While facing Malaysia’s Burhanuddin Mohd Amin, Suhas
struggled to secure points in the first set. Amin looked comfortable and played
each shot with composure. He went on to clinch the first set 21-13.
But in the next two sets, Suhas shifted gears to
clinch them to claim a 2-1 victory. Unlike the first set, it was Suhas who made
Amin work hard for each point and took away the second set 21-18. In the
deciding set, he completely swept away the Malaysian shuttler to clinch a 21-9
victory.
Pramod edged past his national compatriot Nitesh Kumar
with a scoreline of 2-1 to add another gold to India’s consistently rising
medal tally.
Pramod set the tone of the final after earning a
hard-fought victory in the first set with 22-20 to go one up in the game.
Nitesh bounced back in the second set to bring the
game back to parity with a 21-18 scoreline. But bringing his experience into
play Pramod took away the deciding set with a 21-19 win to emerge victorious in
the final with a 2-1 victory.
ANI
