Odisha shuttlers won six medals in the National Para-Badminton Championship, which concluded in Benarus, Uttar Pradesh today. The medals include two gold, two silver and two bronze. Pramode Bhagat was the architect of Odisha success, winning both the gold as well as one silver medal.

Bhagat won the mens SL3 singles gold, beating Manoj Sarkar of Uttarakhand in the final 21-12, 7-21, 21-17. He went on to clinch a golden double, capturing the mens SL3 doubles crown with Manoj Sarkar as his partner. They defeated Kuldeep Rathi Haryana and Bikram Kumar of Jharkhand 21-16, 21-6 in the summit clash.

Bhagat missed out on a treble as he settled for silver medal in SL3 mixed doubles event with Jyoti Jhangad of Haryana as his partner. They lost to Rakesh Pandey of Haryana and Parul Parmar of Gujarat 17-21, 8-21 in the final match.

The other silver medal for Odisha was claimed by Sunil Pradhan in mens SS-6 doubles category. Pradhan and his West Bengal partner Raja Magotra were beaten in the final by Rajasthan-Maharashtra combination of Krishna Nagar and Mark Dharmani 22-14, 22-11.

The two broze medals for Odisha were claimed by Nurul Hossain Khan in wheelchair-2 singles category. He won one bronze in singles event after losing to Abu Habeda 13-21, 3-21 in the semifinals. Nurul secured the other bronze medal in wheelchair-2 doubles with Srikedan Ahmed of Uttar Pradesh as his partner. They went down in the semifinals to Prem Ale of Maharashtra and Sanjib Baidya of Punjab 6-21, 6-21.