Indian para badminton coach promises at least five medals, including three golds

A seven-part Indian para badminton crew for the Tokyo Paralympics was on Saturday concurred with a warm send-off with mentor Gaurav Khanna oozing certainty about his players getting back with a rich take of medals. Badminton will make its introduction at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo and India have the absolute most brilliant medal possibilities like world No.1 Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar and Tarun Dhillon in their positions.

The accomplished Parul Parmar and the youthful Palak Kohli will convey any desire for getting back with a medal in the women’s category.

The crew likewise contains Suhas L. Yathiraj and Manoj Sarkar, who qualified Badminton World Federation conceded two bipartite portions to the country.

“We have a very strong team representing the country at the Paralympics. Out of the six best players of the world selected for the Paralympics, two are Indians. Two from SL3 and two from SL4 category in men’s singles,” Gaurav Khanna, a Dronacharya awardee, said during a virtual press conference.

“So I am pretty sure our players will bring medals and a realistic expectation will be a minimum of five medals. We are going to get five medals, including three golds, for the country.”

Palak Kohli, the28-year –old who will match up with Parul Parmar, a two-time former world champion gold medallist, for the SL3-SU5 women’s doubles event, said she is focussed on her groundwork for the games.

“There will be pressure in the Paralympics as I will play three events in a day. But I have prepared well under my coach. So my complete focus has been on my preparation and I’m confident of my performance,” she said.

The send-off occasion was coordinated at the Gaurav Khanna Excellia Badminton foundation with Paralympic Committee of India president Deepa Malik, joint secretary of Badminton Association of India Prabhakar Rao and Indian Olympic Association Treasurer Anandeswar Pandey joining.

A 54-part Indian group for the forthcoming Tokyo Paralympics was on Thursday given a warm send-off by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and the public administering body.