Last Updated: March 04, 2023, 08:28 IST
Indian Para-shuttler Mandeep Kaur has change into the brand new world no.1 ranked para-badminton participant in the WS SL3 class.
Kaur participated in the just lately concluded Spanish Level II Para-Badminton International event, which serves as one of many qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Paralympics, held in Vitoria Gasteiz Spain between Twentieth-Twenty sixth February 2023. She clinched a silver medal in the blended doubles SL3-SU5 class alongside along with her blended accomplice Chirag Baretha and in addition received a bronze medal in the ladies’s singles SL3 class.
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The 28 years previous, who hails from Uttarakhand is supported by Welspun Foundation and presently trains at Lucknow below the steerage of Dronacharya awardee Gaurav Khanna, who can be the pinnacle nationwide coach of the Indian Para-badminton staff and has been coaching ace gamers like Palak Kohli, Abu Hubaida, Manoj Sarkar to call just a few.
“After placing in a lot arduous work each day, I’m lastly the place I at all times aimed to be. I’m grateful to my coach for his help and steerage,” Mandeep was quoted as saying in a media release on Friday.
The top three ranked athletes in the women’s singles SL3 category (Mandeep Kaur, Manasi Joshi and Parul Parmar) are part of the Welspun Super Sport Women program.
“It’s all her hard work that she has put in every day, which has resulted in achieving her goal of becoming world no.1. It is a huge win and as a coach, I am proud of the effort and dedication she has shown over the years,” mentioned coach Gaurav Khanna, who was elated with Mandeep’s new rating.
After reaching her profession excessive, Mandeep plans on collaborating in extra worldwide tournaments as 2023 is the Paralympic qualifier yr, and her focus might be to win medals and preserve her rankings.
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