{"id":164,"date":"2021-09-04T20:04:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T14:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/satyanewsalert.in\/?p=164"},"modified":"2021-09-04T20:04:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T14:34:23","slug":"indias-pramod-bhagat-secured-the-countrys-fourth-gold-medal-at-the-tokyo-paralympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/satyanewsalert.in\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Pramod Bhagat secured the country&#8217;s fourth gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>India&#8217;s Pramod Bhagat secured the country&#8217;s fourth gold medal at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/olympics-2020\/tokyo-paralympics-indias-manish-narwal-wins-gold-singhraj-adhana-takes-silver-in-mixed-50m-pistol-sh1-2529400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tokyo Paralympics<\/a>\u00a0on Saturday when he defeated Great Britain&#8217;s Daniel Bethell in the badminton\u00a0men&#8217;s singles (SL3) final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/satyanewsalert.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210904-WA0007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"165\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/satyanewsalert.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210904-WA0007.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/satyanewsalert.in\/?attachment_id=165\" class=\"wp-image-165\" srcset=\"http:\/\/satyanewsalert.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210904-WA0007-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/satyanewsalert.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210904-WA0007-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/satyanewsalert.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210904-WA0007-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/satyanewsalert.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210904-WA0007.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bhagat, the 33-year-old from Bhubaneswar who contracted polio at age four, defeated the Briton 21-14, 21-17, coming back from a 4-9 deficit in the second game to claim his first gold medal as badminton made its Paralympic Games debut at Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/satyanewsalert.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210904-WA0009.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"166\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/satyanewsalert.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210904-WA0009.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/satyanewsalert.in\/?attachment_id=166\" class=\"wp-image-166\" srcset=\"http:\/\/satyanewsalert.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210904-WA0009.jpg 400w, http:\/\/satyanewsalert.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG-20210904-WA0009-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Compatriot Manoj Sarkar, who had lost to Bathell in the semifinal, came back strongly to beat Japan\u2019s Fujihara Daisuke 2-0 in the bronze medal match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarkar, ranked fourth in the world, trailed initially but fought back to win the first game 22-20 in 22 minutes. 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