Nagoya, Oct 19 Prachi Pandey assured India of a table tennis medal at the Asian Para Games, battling past Thailand’s Kanokporn Phathumchai to book a semifinal berth in the Class 6 competition here on Monday.
Prachi, who trains at the Sports Authority of India’s Centre of Excellence in Gandhinagar and has a neuro-degenerative disease, defeated Phathumchai to advance to the last four of the women’s Class 6 event.
Class 6 is a standing category for athletes with severe impairments in both their arms and legs.
Prachi prevailed 11-5, 11-4, 11-13, 12-10 in her second group match to finish second in Group A with one win and one loss.
Her semifinal berth assured India of its first-ever medal in this category at the Asian Para Games.
Prachi, who has completed M.Tech from the Punjab Engineering College, will take on Najlah Al-Dayyeni of Iraq for a place in the final on Tuesday.
(PTI News)
