Paddler Bhavinaben Patel wins historic silver at Tokyo Paralympics
Bhavinaben Patel on Sunday turned out to be just the second Indian lady to win a decoration at the Paralympics after she closed down with a notable silver after a 0-3 misfortune to world number one Chinese paddler Ying Zhou in the ladies' singles table tennis class 4 last here The 34-year-old Patel's impressive run at the Games ended with a fighting 7-11 5-11 6-11 loss to Zhou, a two-time gold medallist, in the women's singles summit clash which lasted 19 minutes.
Deepa Malik, who is the current leader of Paralympic Committee of India (PCI), was the principal Indian lady to win a decoration in the Paralympic Games when she had guaranteed a silver in shotput at Rio five years back.
Patel, a wheelchair player, had additionally experienced a misfortune to Zhou, perhaps the most beautified para-paddlers of China, in her first gathering stage match prior in the week.
"I devote this award to the people who upheld me, PCI, SAI, TOPS, Blind People Association and too the entirety of my loved ones," Patel, who was determined to have polio when she was a year old, said subsequent to winning the decoration.
"This decoration is additionally devoted to my mentor who consistently upheld me and gave hard preparing for which I could arrive at this stage. Unique because of my physio, dietician, sports analyst. They are who consistently inspired me."
Facing a rival, who has five Paralympic decorations to her name remembering gold awards for singles at Beijing and London, Patel appeared to battle as she was unable to execute her methodology and was left to do the get up to speed work.
Zhou, a six-time World Championship medallist, didn't permit Patel, as of now positioned twelfth in her division, to track down her calculated returns and get into an assembly.
In the primary game, Zhou severed from 3-3 to push forward. Patel attempted to keep herself inside contacting distance with a brilliant serve at 5-7 and a forehand flick however the Chinese figured out how to acquire the boasting directly with a profound push at the pattern
The subsequent game was a single direction traffic as Zhou leaped to a 7-1 lead right off the bat. Patel limited it down to 4-7 yet the Chinese before long snatched a 2-0 lead.
Pushed to the verge, Patel attempted to prearrange a recuperation as she moved in a dead heat with her rival till 5-5 in the third game. However, Zhou indeed pushed forward and fixed the challenge with a strike shot.
Patel, who was determined to have polio when she was a year old, had crushed world no 3 Miao Zhang of China 7 11-7 11-4 9 11-8 in the elimination round on Saturday.
In the quarterfinal on Friday, Patel had crushed 2016 Rio Paralympics gold medallist and world number two Borislava Peric Rankovic of Serbia to guarantee herself a decoration and content history.
In para table tennis, classes 1-5 are for wheelchair competitors. Competitors in Class 4 classification have reasonable sitting equilibrium and completely useful arms and hands. Their hindrance might be because of a lower spinal-rope injury or cerebral paralysis.
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