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Indeed, Avani is the first Indian female athlete to win a gold medal in either Olympics or the Paralympics

The 34-year-old Patel's impressive run at the Games ended with a 7-11 5-11 6-11 loss to Zhou, a two-time gold medallist, in the women's singles summit clash which lasted 19 minutes.

Indian enters semifinals to assure India of a medal

Bhavina defeated Megan Shackleton of Great Britain 3-1 (11-7, 9-11, 17-15, 13-11) in 41 minutes in their Group A preliminary round match.

The Tokyo Paralympics slated to begin on August 24, will be Jhajharia's third Paralympics.

Manasi is in race for booking a ticket to the Games in doubles and mixed doubles