Bhubaneswar: The Para-Badminton National Championship, which will be hosted in Bhubaneswar, Odisha from December 24 to 26, will include over 500 para shuttlers and also Tokyo Paralympic gold medalist Pramod Bhagat.
The Para Sports Association of Odisha, in collaboration with the Odisha Department of Sports and Youth Affairs, is planning a three-day major sports event in Bhubaneswar, under the supervision of the Paralympic Committee of India and the Badminton Association of India.
The event’s major attraction will be Bhagat, who won India’s first-ever badminton gold at the Paralympics and was also granted the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
Tokyo gold medalist Krishna Nagar from the SH 6 category, Tokyo silver medalist Suhas Yathiraj, Paralympic bronze medalist Manoj Sarkar, Sukant Kadam, Parul Parmar, Manasi Joshi, Palak Kohli, Tarun Dhillon, Prem Kumar Ale, and Raj Kumar will all compete in the tournament.
“I’m very happy to share here that Para Sports Association of Odisha along with the Department of Sports and Youth Affairs Govt of Odisha is going to organise the Para-Badminton National Championship at Bhubaneswar from 24th to 26th December 2021,” Kamala Kanta Rath, the president of Para Sports Association of Odisha said in a release.
“I thank the Department of Sports and Youth Affairs Govt of Odisha for all the support. I wish the Para-Badminton National Championship, 2021, a huge success. All the best.”
Bhubaneswar had recently hosted the FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup, maintaining all the Covid-19 protocols.
