Joshi, Sre shine as India bag 21 medals

Manasi Joshi

Manasi Joshi and Nithya Sre claimed a gold each, while Tokyo Paralympics champion Pramod Bhagat secured two silver and a bronze as India bagged as many as 21 medals at the Spanish Para Badminton International in Cartagena, Spain.

Six golds

World No.1 Joshi (SL3) and Sre (SH6) were among the six gold medallists, while India also secured seven silvers and eight bronze medals in the tournament, which concluded on Sunday. Raja-Krishna (men's doubles SH6), Raj-Parul (mixed doubles SL3-SU5), Chirag-Raj (men's doubles SU5) and Nitesh-Tarun (men's doubles SL3-SL4) also bagged the yellow metal. World No.1 Bhagat (SL3) secured two silver and a bronze, while World No.2 Sukant Kadam (SL4) ended up with a bronze medal at the event.

‘It was a tough week'

"It was a tough week and I couldn't execute what I had planned for. I have identified my mistakes and will start working on them immediately. I am going to head straight back in to training and focus on my upcoming tournaments," Bhagat said. Tarun Dhillon (men's singles SL4), Krishna Nagar (men's singles SH6), Mandeep Kaur (women's singles SL3), Manasi-Ruthick (mixed doubles SL3-SU5), Hardik-Ruthik (men's doubles SU5) and Manoj-Bhagat (men's doubles SL3-SL4) also won silver medals. Kadam lost to World No.1 Lucas Mazur from France 21-19, 19-21, 12-21 in the semi-final to settle for a bronze.

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