Bhagat-Kadam pair wins gold in Para-badminton meet

The World No. 1 men’s doubles pairing of Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam won a gold medal in the SL3-SL4 category at the Four Nations Para-Badminton International in Sheffield, England. Bhagat also secured a silver in the singles SL3 category as well as a silver in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 category with Manisha Ramdass. Kadam won a bronze in the singles SL4 category.
Bhagat and Kadam defeated the Indian pair of Deep Ranjan Bisoyee and Manoj Sarkar 21-17, 21-17, to secure gold in the men’s doubles. In singles, Bhagat went down to England’s Daniel Bethell, 8-21, 10-21. In the mixed doubles, Bhagat and Ramdass went down against Indonesia’s Hikmat Ramdani and Leani Ratri Oktila,
17-21, 17-21.
“I am happy with the doubles result, but at the same time I am not very pleased with my singles and mixed doubles results.” Daniel Bethell has been a very challenging opponent for me this year, and I need to make major improvements in order to beat him. I will head back into my training immediately and start working on my weaknesses,” Bhagat said.
Kadam, meanwhile, lost to Indonesia’s Fredy Setiawan 21-17, 15-21, 16-21 in the semifinals to secure a bronze in singles. The other Indian winners include Krishna Nagar, who secured gold in the SH6 category; Manasi Joshi and Thulasimathi Murugesan (gold in the women’s doubles SL3–SU5); and Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar and Shanthiya Viswanathan in the same category.
Nithya Sre secured a silver in the women’s SH6 category; Deep Ranjan Bisoyee and Manoj Sarkar won silver; and Nitesh and Tarun bagged a bronze in the men’s SL3–SL4. Kumar Nitesh secured a bronze in the SL3 category; Manasi Joshi and Mandeep Kaur won a bronze in the women’s SL3 category; and Chirag Baretha and Raj Kumar bagged a silver in the mixed doubles SU5 category. Ramdass secured bronze in the women’s SU5 category; Krishna Nagar and Nithya Sre won a bronze in the mixed doubles SH6 category; and Prem Kumar Ale and Turkey’s Emine Seckin bagged a bronze in the mixed doubles WH1-WH2 event.