Twitter Hails Manasi Joshi For Gold At World Para Badminton Championships
Manasi Joshi claimed gold for India in the World Para-Badminton Championships in Basel on the same day when PV Sindhu won her World Championship crown.
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Manasi Joshi won gold at the World Para-Badminton Championship
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the 12 para-badminton players
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"I earned it. Worked every bit for it," Manasi tweeted on Tuesday
Manasi Joshi won gold at the World Para-Badminton Championship in Basel, Switzerland on Sunday, the same day PV Sindhu won the gold at the World Championships. The 30-year-old Manasi Joshi clinched top honours in the women's singles SL3 final defeating World No. 1 and compatriot Parul Parmar 21-12, 21-7 to pick her maiden title. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also congratulated the 12 para-badminton players who brought laurels to the country. "130 crore Indians are extremely proud of the Indian Para-Badminton contingent, which has brought home 12 medals at BWF World Championship 2019," he tweeted.
130 crore Indians are extremely proud of the Indian Para Badminton contingent, which has brought home 12 medals at BWF World Championships 2019.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 28, 2019
Congratulations to the entire team, whose success is extremely gladdening and motivating. Each of these players is remarkable!
"I earned it. Worked every bit for it," Manasi tweeted on Tuesday.
"In the high of PV Sindhu getting gold in the World Championship, we forgot to win Manasi Joshi, who gold in World Para-Badminton Championship. Here it is wishing her," Kiran Bedi, Governor of Puducherry tweeted.
"Every daughter of India is special. You have increased honour of the country on the world stage. Many congratulations to you for winning gold at the Para-Badminton World Championship," tweeted former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
"Everyone should learn from you how to overcome the difficulties and achieve success. Hats off to your courage. The country is proud of you!" he added.
Manasi was among the 12 Indian athletes who won medals at the competition.
An engineer by qualification, Manasi completed her graduation in Electronics Engineering from KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, University of Mumbai in 2010. In 2011, she met with a road accident and lost her left leg. However, that did not stop her from playing badminton and she went on to win many medals for India.
In September 2015, she won silver in mixed doubles at the Para-Badminton World Championship held in Stoke Mandeville, England. In October 2018, Manasi won a bronze medal at the Asian Para Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
(With IANS inputs)