India won its fifth gold medal in the Tokyo Paralympics, courtesy of para-shuttler Krishna Nagar. Consequently, it handed India its 19th medal in the competition as the Indians rejoiced.
India ended Tokyo Paralympics on a high note, with para-shuttler Krishna Nagar winning the gold medal in the SH6 badminton event on Sunday. It was India's 19th medal in the competition, while the nation is ranked 14th in the points table. He defeated Man Kai Chu of Hong Kong 21-17, 16-21, 21-17 in three games after a thrilling battle in the final as both shuttlers displayed their skills and were on top of their game at the grandest stage of them all.
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Meanwhile, the entire nation was incredibly proud of the achievement Nagar came up with. Consequently, the Indians celebrated the nation's fifth gold medal in the competition as we check out some of the tweets.
Kiren Rijiju
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Congratulations to Krishna Nagar on winning a thrilling Gold medal in the Badminton Men's Singles SH6. India is proud of you Krishna! pic.twitter.com/5GI3nQtOvw
Nilesh Gaikwad
Yessss yesssss... finally!!
You made us proud baba ❤️❤️ for at 🔥🥇🏆🏆
Thriller match and great comebacks at crucial moment from krishna...
Proud proud🎉🎉 pic.twitter.com/1ulix2lhip
Aathmika
athletes have raised the bar for India at
Congratulations , , and for bagging respective medals 🥇🥈🥉
We are super proud :) pic.twitter.com/0DrWPrJFil
Kolkata Knight Riders
1️⃣9️⃣th medal for 🇮🇳 at 😍 clinches🥇in Men's single SH6 category 💪🏻 pic.twitter.com/iJX21olo1Q
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)Abhinav Bindra
Krishna Nagar gets India's 2nd badminton Gold at the Paralympics after a fabulous match in the SH6 final! Played like a true champion and kept fighting back from tough situations! Many Congratulations
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