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Khelo India Para Games Will Help Create A Larger Talent Pool For Major International Events, Says Para Badminton Star Pramod Bhagat
The Khelo India Para Games: Para Badminton star Pramod Bhagat lauded the efforts of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to host the first-ever Khelo India Para Games and believes that this initiative will boost India’s medal tally in major multi-discipline events such as the Olympics and Asian Games.
Bhagat currently is ranked world no.2 in para badminton men’s singles SL3, and won a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. At the recent Hangzhou Asian Para Games, Bhagat clinched a gold in men’s singles, a bronze each in men’s doubles and mixed doubles.
Bhagat said, “After the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021, Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with us (para athletes) just like he met with the able-bodied athletes. When he spoke with us, he had expressed that all sports are equal and I feel like we a reaping results because of this thought of the Prime Minister to provide equal opportunity to us.”
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