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Bhopal, September 5 (HS). Boarding scheme player Kapil Parmar of Madhya Pradesh State Judo Academy created history by winning a bronze medal on Thursday in the Paralympics-2024 held from 28 August to 8 September in Paris, France. He won the 25th medal for India by defeating Elitton de Oliveira of Brazil 10-0 in the 60 kg J-1 event late on Thursday evening. Kapil represented the country for the first time in the Paralympics and has given India its first medal in Judo in Paralympic history.
State Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Vishwas Kailash Sarang has praised Kapil and congratulated him. Kapil is originally a resident of Sehore. He lost his eyesight due to electric shock in 2009-10. Kapil is 80 percent blind. He started playing Judo in adverse circumstances. Kapil has represented India in 17 international competitions so far. He has won a total of 13 international medals including 8 gold medals so far.
Detailed Results
In the Paralympic Games' Blind Judo Men's Individual 60 Kg J-1 event, instead of qualifying match, a straight quarter final match was played. This quarter final match was played on Thursday between India's Kapil Parmar and Venezuela's Blanco MD. In this match, Kapil Parmar defeated Venezuela's Blanco MD by 10-0 and entered the semi-final match. After this, on Thursday, the semi-final match of Blind Judo Men's Individual 60 Kg J-1 event was played between Academy's Kapil Parmar and Iran's player Syed Banitaba Khurram. In this, Iran's player Banitaba defeated Kapil by a margin of 1-0. After this, Kapil's match was played for bronze medal between Brazil's player Eliton de Oliveira, in which Kapil won the match by 10-0 and won the bronze medal.