Bhagat-Kadam win men's doubles gold, 3 women para shuttlers also emerge champions in Thailand

The Indian duo defeated the Indonesian pair 21-18, 21-13 in the summit clash of SL3-SL4 category. In the men's singles, Bhagat and Kadam had to settle for a silver medal each after losing their respective finals. While Pramod went down fighting to England's Daniel Bethell 13-21, 19-21, Kadam lost 2-21, 17-21 to France's Lucas Mazur.

"I am happy with my performance throughout the tournament. I wish to congratulate Bethell on the win and now I will head back to the training ground and train harder for the World Championship in Tokyo," Bhagat said in a release. In other results, Ruthick Ragupathi and Manasi Joshi finished second best in mixed doubles SL3-SU5 class, losing 21-17, 15-21, 7-21 to France's Lucas Mazur and Faustine Noel in the final. In women's singles, Mandeep Kaur got the better off compatriot Manasi 20-22, 21-19, 21-14 in SL3 finals to claim the gold medal, while Manisha Ramadass also bagged the yellow metal after beating Japan's Kaede Kameyama 20-22, 21-12, 21-19 in SU5 final. Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan also won the gold with a 21-9, 24-22 win over England's Rachel Choong 21-9, 24-22 in SH6 final. Manasi and Shanthiya Viswanathan also combined to sign off with a silver in the women's doubles SL3-SU5 after going down 20-22, 19-21 to Thailand's Nipada Saensupa and Chanida Srinavakul.