Mehsana: Family members and friends of Paddler Bhavina Patel broke out traditional ‘Garba’, put out firecrackers and applying each other with ‘burral’ in Sundhiya’s original village in the district of Mehsana Gujarat immediately after he won a historic silver medal in a paralympic match in class 4 Singles Women in Tokyo on Sunday.
On Sunday, Bhavina only became the second Indian woman who won a medal in Paralympics after she signed a historic silver after losses 0-3 to Dadung World number one Chinese Ying Zhou in the final class 4 women’s table tennis.
Run Bhavina who impressed 34 years in the match ended with a loss of 7-11, 5-11, 6-11 to Zhou, a gold medalist twice, at Clash Singles Singles which lasted 19 minutes.
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https://t.co/gxHafzNrBBo- Sai Media (@media_sai) 1630205635000 “He might be ‘divyang’ (different) , But for us, he never seemed so.
For us, he ‘Divya’ (Divya).
We are very happy that he has brought a silver medal for our country, “his father Hasmukh Patel said, told reporters afterwards.
Patel runs a small grocery store in the village.
People in the original village Patel have set up a big screen to watch the match directly from Tokyo.
They began to gather in front of the screen this morning when the match began.
Even though Patel fell 0-3 to Zhou in the final of his first paralympic match, it did not dampen the spirit of the celebration.
As soon as the match ends, people start dancing, explode crackers and throw ‘angry’ with each other.
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https://t.co/6J7zz3or4F- Ani (@ani) 1630206501000 “As you can see, we have played Garba Since this morning after Bhavina won a silver medal.
We made full preparation for the big welcome, “said one of his relatives.
They said they were very happy for his achievements and felt proud of his victory.
“He is a gem because it’s not just our village but for the whole country,” said other villagers.
Patel, who was diagnosed with polio when he was 12 months old, had defeated the world No.
3 Miao Zhang from China 7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8 in the semi-final battle on Saturday.
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