TOKYO: Shabash! kept reverberating at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Stadium as Bhavinaben Patel rallied for each point against Ying Zhou of China in the women’s table tennis singles class 4 gold medal match. The phones immediately started ringing non-stop for the Paralympic Committee of India officials, who were seen trying to outwit each other to grab a piece of Patel for media sound bites. For a woman coming from a small sleepy village in Gujarat, this success is a fairy tale laced with nothing but hardwork and the will to excel. I got a bit nervous,” said Bhavinaben, who also lost to the same opponent in the league fixture.

Source: The Star August 29, 2021 23:15 UTC