NEW DELHI: When the COVID-19 pandemic derailed her preparations for the Paralympics, table tennis player Bhavinaben Patel found a perfect practice partner in a robot provided by the Sports Authority of India, an assistance which she feels, made all the difference in her historic silver-winning show in Tokyo. Patel became the first Indian table tennis … Read more
CHENNAI: Star paddler G Sathiyan, who is currently featuring at the Polish League, will be joining the national camp on September 11. Sathiyan had earlier sought exemption from being part of the camp which commenced on Thursday. Sathiyan, who featured at the World TT Contender in Hungary and the Czech Open last month, will be … Read more
TOKYO: After scripting history at Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday, paddler Bhavina Patel said she is disappointed at not being able to give her hundred per cent in the gold-medal match. India’s para table tennis player Bhavina won silver as she lost in the final to China’s Zhou Ying 0-3 in the women’s singles Class 4 … Read more
NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the country in congratulating paddler Bhavinaben Patel for winning a historic silver medal, India’s first, in the ongoing Paralympic Games in Tokyo here on Sunday. Patel on Sunday became only the second Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympics after she … Read more
TOKYO: Indian table tennis player Bhavinaben Patel signed off with a historic silver medal in her maiden Paralymic Games after going down 0-3 to world No. 1 Chinese paddler Ying Zhou in the women’s singles class 4 final here on Sunday. The 34-year-old Patel’s impressive run at the Games ended with a 7-11, 5-11, 6-11 … Read more
TOKYO: Assured of at least a Paralympic silver medal after reaching the table tennis finals here, India’s Bhavinaben Patel on Saturday said she doesn’t consider herself as disabled and her performance at the Tokyo Games proves that “nothing is impossible”. Patel became the first Indian to enter the final of a table tennis event in … Read more
Making her debut at the Paralympics a memorable one, India’s Bhavina Patel outclassed reigning Paralympic champion and world No. 2 Borislava Peric-Rankovic of Serbia to enter the semifinals of the women’s singles Class 4 event in Tokyo. And she continued her giant-killing spree on Saturday, defeating China’s world No. 3 Zhang Miao for a place … Read more
TOKYO: Bhavinaben Patel continued to script history as she became the first Indian to enter the final of a table tennis event in the Paralympics with a hard-fought 3-2 win over China’s Miao Zhang in a class 4 semifinal here on Saturday. The 34-year-old Patel beat her world no. 3 Chinese opponent 7-11 11-7 11-4 … Read more
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TOKYO: Bhavinaben Patel on Friday scripted history by becoming the first Indian table tennis player to secure a medal in the Paralympics after she entered the semifinals with a stunning straight-game win over world number five Borislava Peric Rankovic of Serbia in the women’s singles Class 4 event here. The 34-year-old Indian beat her Serbian … Read more
