Kapil Parmar etched his name into the history books by becoming India’s first judoka to win a medal at Paralympics on Thursday, September 5. (Full Coverage|More Sports News)
The 24-year-old Parmar beat Brazil's Elieton de OIiveira 10-0, executing an Ippon in just 33 seconds into the bout and end the contest in the men's 60kg J1 category.
The J1 class in para judo is for the athletes who suffer from no to very low visual activity.
All para-athletes in the category wear red colour circles to show that they may need guided-support before, during and after a fixture.
Parmar beat Venezuela’s Marcos Dennis Blanco in the quarter-final bout to book himself a spot in the semis.
However, it was not meant to be as Parmar lost to Iran’s Banitaba Khorrom Abadi in the semi-finals of the event, before beating de OIiveira for a bronze.
