{"id":51590,"date":"2021-09-06T05:21:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T05:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=51590"},"modified":"2021-09-06T05:21:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T05:21:40","slug":"suhas-yathiraj-1st-ias-officer-to-win-paralympics-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/suhas-yathiraj-1st-ias-officer-to-win-paralympics-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Suhas Yathiraj: 1st IAS officer to win Paralympics medal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Tokyo Paralympics: <\/strong>38-year-old Suhas Yathiraj, a district magistrate in Noida, came up with a valiant fight against world champion Lucas Mazur and took the gold medal match of men&#8217;s singles SL4 category to three games. He became the first IAS officer to win a medal at the Paralympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suhas Yathiraj has scripted history by becoming the first Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer to win a medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. The 38-year-old made the feat special by winning a silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Para Games on Sunday, losing only to top seed and world champion Lucas Mazur of France 21-15, 21-15-21 in the men&#8217;s singles SL4 category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, India&#8217;s Tarun, who had tested Mazur in the semi-final, lost his bronze medal match to Indonesia&#8217;s Fredy Setiawan in straight games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suhas Yathiraj, a Karnataka-born engineer who is currently serving as the District Magistrate of Noida in Uttar Pradesh, stunned the 3-time world championship medalist in straight games. Suhas looked in complete control against the much-fancied opponent, pushing the French bara-badminton star to the limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">India at Tokyo Paralympics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>India made its first appearance at the Paralympics in 1968. In total, India had won 12 medals till 2016 Rio edition. India now improved upon the entire number by 7 medals at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics alone. India have finished at 24th position out of 162 nations in terms of overall medal tally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo Paralympics: 38-year-old Suhas Yathiraj, a district magistrate in Noida, came up with a valiant fight against world champion Lucas Mazur and took the gold medal match of men&#8217;s singles SL4 category to three games. He became the first IAS officer to win a medal at the Paralympics. 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