Ahmedabad: Table Tennis Player And Tokyo Paralympics Silver Medal Bhavina Patel received a great welcome at the Ahmedabad airport, her back from the game.
Bhavina won silver after losing the gold medal match with a 3-0 Ying Zhou of China – 4th grade at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium – Table 6.
Number One Zhou Ying had defeated Bhavina Patel in sets 10-7, 11-5, 11-6 in just a 19 minutes to clinch the gold in Tokyo Paralympic Games.
“When he would come today, we will give him a great welcome.
To celebrate his return, everybody came,” father Bhavina, Hasmukhbhai, the previous Ani.
Speaking with Ani, Lalan Doshi, Bhavina old coach said: “There will be a big rally to come back.” He added: “This [silver medal] is the hard work of 13 years.
He also has experience of playing in 28 international tournaments and [Tokyo Paralympics] This is the 29th.
He has been playing with a lot of players from various countries from various countries of various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from various countries from different countries from different countries from different countries from different countries from different countries from different countries from different countries from different countries from different countries from different countries from different countries from different countries from different countries.
” “I’m really happy and grateful for the great welcome,” bhavina told reporters outside the airport.
In Tokyo in 2020, India won 19 medals, finishing 24th in the overall medal tally among 162 competing countries and ranks 20th by total medals won.
India only won 12 medals until 2016 Paralympic games since making his debut in 1968.