CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Pramod Bhagat has won his gold medal match, giving India a first ever badminton gold at the Paralympics. India’s Pramod Bhagat won the Men’s Singles SL3 event badminton gold medal match against Great Britain’s Daniell Bethell at the Tokyo Paralympics on Saturday.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reigning world champion Bhagat, who had won a historic gold medal in the men’s singles SL3 class in the Tokyo Paralympics in September, was also named along with Manoj Sarkar for the newly introduced ‘Para Badminton Pair of the Year’, with five other nominees.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 19-year-old Avani Lekhara won a historic gold in her maiden Paralympics, shooting a new Paralympic record score of 249.6 in the women’s 10m air rifle shooting standing SH1 final in Tokyo. It made Avani Lekhara the first Indian woman to win a Paralympic gold medal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Manisha Ramadass beat Japan’s Mamiko Toyoda 21-15, 21-15 in half hour in the SU5 final. Bhagat who is playing his seventh career World Championships, has won a total of six gold, two silver and three bronze medals in singles and doubles in the six championships he has played.

Detailed explanation-5: -India’s first medal in Paralympics came in 1974 Games, with Murlikant Petkar winning a gold medal in swimming. India’s best finish yet has been in the 2020 Games, at 24th place with a medal haul of 19 medals (5 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze).