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Tamil Nadu showers cash awards on state’s Paralympics medal-winners

Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister, M K Stalin felicitated the Paris Paralympics 2024 medalists from the state with cash incentives on Wednesday. There were four Paralympic medalists from Tamil Nadu, three in the sport of Para-badminton, and one from the history-making Para-athletics contingent. INR 2 Crore for Thulasimathi Among these medalists, Para-shuttler Thulasimathi Murugesan who won the silver medal in the women’s singles SU5 category received a cash price of INR 2 crore. Meanwhile, the bronze medalists, Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan (Women’s Singles SH6) and Manisha Ramadass (Women’s Singles SU5) presented with a cash price of INR 1 crore. Mariyappan Thanagavelu, who completed his full set of medals by winning a bronze in the men’s high jump T63 event at the Paris Paralympics, was also awarded by Stalin with a cash prize of INR 1 Crore. This was the third Paralympic medal for Mariyappan after a gold at the Rio Paralympics and a silver in the Tokyo Paralympics. Chief Minister Stalin expressed his delight during the felicitation program and said that he wished for many more …