New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated India’s Bhavinaben Patel for winning a silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Patel missed out on a gold medal after losing to world no. 1 Zhou Ying from China in straight games.
Bhavinaben Patel is the first Indian table tennis player to win the silver medal in the women’s singles class 4 event at the Paralympics. She is also the second Indian female athlete to win a medal in the Paralympics after Deepa Malik, who bagged a silver in shot put F43 in 2016.
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‘The remarkable Bhavinaben Patel has scripted history! She brings home a historic silver medal. Congratulations to her for it. Her life journey is motivating and will also draw more youngsters towards sports’, Narendra Modi tweeted.
The remarkable Bhavina Patel has scripted history! She brings home a historic Silver medal. Congratulations to her for it. Her life journey is motivating and will also draw more youngsters towards sports. #Paralympics
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 29, 2021
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