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Prannoy played with taping and a belt on his lower back under his shirt and dished out a performance for the ages to assure a bronze. “I could see that disappointment on his [Gopichand] face after I lost the second game because he knew it would get tougher for me to win from that situation. He knows how hard I fought for that medal. So, it was a culmination of all those emotions,” Prannoy said. 

“To have a medal in the Asian Games is not easy. The fact that no one won in 41 years shows how tough the competition is. To eventually have a medal in my hand was an emotional moment for me and him also, because we knew the value of that medal.”

For far too long, the man from Thiruvananthapuram has been defying injuries and health issues but never it has been this tough just to turn up on the court.

“It has been the toughest tournament in the last 6-7 years. I haven’t played with this much pain in my life, to have such doubt every single point, if it will be possible to push through each point,” said Prannoy, who fought blisters in his leg, gut issues and after-effects of COVID-19 to rise like a phoenix in 2022.

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