Manisha Ramadass and Pramod Bhagat clinch gold medals after winning their respective finals at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships

Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramadass claimed two gold medals for India by winning their respective finals at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.

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Bhagat took to the court first, defeating compatriot Nitesh Kumar 21-19 21-19 in a 53-minute final in the men's singles SL3 category. This is Bhagat's fourth World Championship gold in singles and sixth overall in the marquee event.

On the other hand, 17-year-old Manisha made her dream debut by winning the women's singles SU5 gold medal by defeating Mamiko Toyoda of Japan 21-15 21-15. India has won a total of 16 medals which include two gold, two silver, and 12 bronze medals in the Para-Badminton World Championships.

However, the pair of Bhagat and Manoj Sarkar had to be content with a silver medal in the men's doubles SL3-SL4 category. The Indian pair lost a one-game lead as they went down 21-14 18-21 13-21 to Hikmat Ramdani and Ukun Rukaendi of Indonesia.

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Meanwhile, Manasi Joshi and Parul Parmar, who were in the finals in Basel in 2019, ended their journey with bronze after losing in the semi-finals. While, Krishna Nagar, the gold medalist at the Tokyo Paralympics SH6, missed the podium in singles after a quarter-final loss. But he won a bronze in mixed doubles with Nitya Shree. Manisha also won a bronze medal in women's doubles with Mandeep Kaur. In addition, Nitya Shree Sumati Sivan won three bronze medals.