Bhubaneswar, Dec 24 : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday felicitated the para badminton players who won medals at the recent Tokyo Paralympics.
Patnaik felicitated gold medallists Pramod Bhagat and Krishna Nagar; bronze medallist Manoj Sarkar; Paralympians Tarun Dhillion, Parul Parmar and Palak Kholi; and Arjuna awardee Raj Kumar.
He also felicitated Deepa Malik, President, Paralympic Committee of India; Prabhakar Rao, Chairman, Para-Badminton India; Gaurav Khanna — Head coach, Para-Badminton Indian team, Shiba Prasad Das — Head coach, Odisha Para-Badminton.
Deepa thanked the Chief Minister for his initiatives for development of sports in the country.
She lauded Odisha as a model for sports development and for support from the state to sportspersons and para-sportspersons.Congratulating the players on their spectacular performance in Tokyo, Patnaik assured all support for para-sports events and to the para-sportspersons.
He extended his best wishes to all participants in the ongoing fourth National Para-Badminton Championship.The championship started in Odisha on December 24 and will end on December 26.More than 400 para-badminton players from across the country are participating in this event, which is the largest so far in this field.bbm/khz/bg
Odisha CM celebrates para-badminton athletes’ performances at the Tokyo Olympics
Deepa thanked Odisha for her support in promoting sports development throughout the country.
Deepa praised Odisha for being a role model in sports development, and she thanked the State for providing support to para- and sportspersons. Patnaik congratulated the athletes for their impressive performance in Tokyo and assured his support to all para-sports events as well as para-sportspersons.
All participants of the fourth National Para-Badminton Championship are his sincere wishes.
This championship began in Odisha, December 24, and ends on December 26, This event will feature more than 400 para-badminton athletes from all over the country.
It is one of the most important in the field.
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