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Goa’s Anura Prabhu Desai, brand ambassador of Geno Plarmaceuticals, emerged triple gold medal winner in the 66th All-India Railways Badminton Championships 2018.
Anura won the individuals women’s singles and doubles gold. In the women’s singles, Anura defeated Riya Mokerjee 21-19, 19-21, 21-7 while in the women’s doubles, Anura along with her partner Kanika Kanwal won against Riya Mookerjee, who had suffered a hamstring injury earlier and P Sonika Sai who conceded the match.
Anura’s team --Northern Railways-- won the team championship event defeating Central Railways 2-1 (Anura bt Saili Rane 21-15, 21-14, Anura / Kanika lost to Saili Rane / Dhanya Nair 17-21, 21-18, 21-23, Kanika bt Dhanya Nair 21-12, 21-10)
