Patel, who hails from Sundhiya village in Gujarat’s Mehsana district, on Sunday went down 0-3 to world number one Chinese paddler Ying Zhou to win the silver medal in her maiden Paralympic Games.
PTI | , Ahmedabad
PUBLISHED ON AUG 29, 2021 02:01 PM IST
The Gujarat government on Sunday announced a ₹3 crore reward for paddler Bhavina Patel for her historic silver medal win at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
Patel, who hails from Sundhiya village in Gujarat’s Mehsana district, on Sunday went down 0-3 to world number one Chinese paddler Ying Zhou to win the silver medal in her maiden Paralympic Games.
“Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has congratulated Bhavina Patel, daughter of Mehsana district of Gujarat, for making the country proud by her outstanding achievements in table tennis at the Paralympic Games,” the Chief Minister’s Office said in a note. It said the
CM has announced an award of ₹3 crore as an incentive to Patel under the state government’s ‘Divyang Khel Pratibha Protsahan Puraskar Yojana’ for making Gujarat and India proud at the global level with her sports skills.
Patel, who was diagnosed with polio when she was 12-month-old, had defeated world no 3 Miao Zhang of China 7-11 11-7 11-4 9-11 11-8 in the semi-final showdown on Saturday.
This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.
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