India at Tokyo Paralympics Tokyo Paralympics: Suhas Yathiraj clinches silver medal in badminton
Tokyo/UNI: India's para-shuttler Suhas Yathiraj clinched the silver medal after losing to Lucas Mazur of France in the men's singles SL4 class final at the Tokyo Paralympics, here on Sunday.
The 38-year-old Suhas put up a brave fight before losing 21-15 17-21 15-21 to two-time world champion Mazur in the final, which lasted 62-minute.
Yathiraj, the district magistrate of Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida), who has an impairment in one of his ankles, also became the first-ever IAS officer to win a medal at the Paralympics.
Congratulating Yathiraj, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: "A fantastic confluence of service and sports!@dmgbnagar Suhas Yathiraj has captured the imagination of our entire nation thanks to his exceptional sporting performance. Congratulations to him on winning the Silver medal in Badminton. Best wishes to him for his future endeavours."
A fantastic confluence of service and sports! @dmgbnagar Suhas Yathiraj has captured the imagination of our entire nation thanks to his exceptional sporting performance. Congratulations to him on winning the Silver medal in Badminton. Best wishes to him for his future endeavours. pic.twitter.com/bFM9707VhZ
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 5, 2021
With his silver, India have now extended its medal tally to 18 - four gold, eight silver and six bronze medals at the ongoing Paralympic Games.
Meanwhile, India's Tarun Dhillon lost the bronze medal match to Fredy Setiawan of Indonesia 17-21, 11-21 in the men's singles badminton SL4 event.
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