Updated On: 06 September, 2021 10:17 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
India’s gold medal-winning para shuttler Krishna Nagar dedicates prize to national coach Gaurav Khanna on the special occasion; compatriot Suhas Yathiraj bags silver in SU4 class

India’s Krishna Nagar returns to Hong Kong’s Chu Man Kai during their men’s singles SH6 gold medal match at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Sunday
It was a super Sunday as India’s paralympians signed off on a high with two medals in badminton. And aptly, Krishna Nagar and Suhas Yathiraj gifted their gold and silver medal respectively to their coach Gaurav Khanna to mark the occasion of Teacher’s Day.
Second seed Nagar, 22, beat Hong Kong’s Chu Man Kai 21-17, 16-21, 21-17 in the men’s singles SH6 (short stature) class final to win gold. Yathiraj, 38, an IAS officer, who is currently serving as a District Magistrate in Noida, went down fighting 21-15, 17-21, 15-21 to two-time world champion Lucas Mazur of France in the men’s singles SL4 class final.