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Medal galore, heartbreaks and other highlights from Day 5

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The fifth day of the 2024 Paralympics proved to be the best day for the Indian contingent with a total of seven medals across three sports. India won a total of one gold medal, three silver, and three bronze to jump to the 15th place in the medals tally with a total of 14 medals. Sumit Antil broke the Paralympic record twice to defend his title in the men’s javelin throw F64 event while Nitesh Kumar defeated Daniel Bethell in the men’s singles SL3 badminton category to win his first Paralympics gold medal. Here is how the fifth day unfolded for the Indian contingent Para-Badminton On the last day of the badminton events at the Paralympics, India ended the campaign with a total of four medals similar to that of the Tokyo Paralympics. While Nitesh Kumar clinched the gold medal in the men’s SL3, Tokyo silver medalist Suhas Yathiraj added one more silver to his cabinet after going down to home favourite Lucas Mazur in the men’s SL4 9-21, 13-21. Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manisha Ramadass …

Paris Paralympics: Thulasimathi Murugesan, Manisha Ramadass Bring Medals For India In Women’s Singles SU5 Category

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Indian para-shuttlers Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manisha Ramadass won silver and bronze medals respectively in the women’s singles SU5 category at the ongoing Paris Paralympics 2024 on Monday. Murugesan lost the first set to China’s Yang Qiu Xia 21-17. In the second set, the Indian player struggled and lost the match with a scoreline of 21-10, securing a silver medal. In the bronze medal match of the same category, Manisha outclassed Denmark’s Cathrine Rosengren 21-12, 21-8. The Indian player dominated throughout the match, securing the medal for her country. Earlier in the day, Indian shuttler Nitesh Kumar outplayed Great Britain’s second-seeded Daniel Bethell to clinch a gold medal in the men’s singles SL3 category at the ongoing Paralympics. Nitesh, who discovered his passion for badminton at IIT-Mandi, added a second gold to India’s medal tally after shooter Avani Lekhra won the nation’s first gold at the Paris Paralympics with a sensational display in the women’s 10m air rifle final. In a game that went right down to the wire, Nitesh ousted Daniel with a …

Paris Paralympics: Shuttler Thulasimathi Murugesan takes silver, vindication for family of modest means | Badminton News

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Thulasimathi Murugesan had a birth deformity in her left hand, which allowed only 20-30 percent extension flexion, and often left her in shooting pain when a nerve flared up. Her father, an obsessive sports lover from Kancheepuram, however refused to tell her anything was wrong with her, and instead got her used to competing in badminton alongside able-bodied children, including elder sister, Kiruttigha. The sisters even won the Khelo India Under-19 district doubles titles in open category, until one day, in wincing pain while watching an international tournament four years ago, Thulasimathi screamed at the TV and demanded to know, “If I work so hard, why am I not good enough to play an international event?” The sombre answer explaining her condition would jolt her awake and the clarity gave her a direction. Having grown up in desperate poverty, where their home, a straw hut, got burnt down in a fire, and all their father’s daily wages were saved up for nutrition for the two girls, she was determined to get herself classified in para-badminton, …

Para Badminton Paris Paralympics 2024 Live Updates: Sivarajan-Nithya lose bronze battle; Thulasimathi Murugesan, Nitesh Kumar, Suhas Yathiraj play for gold | Sport-others News

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From train accident to Paris Paralympics final, Nitesh Kumar engineers path to brink of glory Nitesh Kumar, the highly skilled towering shuttler from Haryana, downed Japan’s Fujihara Daisuke 21-16, 21-12 in the semifinals at the Chapelle Arena. (Screengrab via Paralympics) Nitesh came into the sport with a helpful build beyond his left leg amputation, but also a reputation in Para circles for playing fancy badminton, and flashy strokes. One of the most strokeful players, his overflowing talent needed direction. Gopichand would assign three of his top coaches to rotate in surprise sessions. “He has good height, and everything in defence, attack and strokes is good,” explains coach Rajendra Kumar. “But we shuffled his sessions, to add variations of three different playing styles so he would get used to different players,” he said. (READ MORE) Source link

Paris Paralympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Sumit Antil in javelin, shuttlers Nitesh Kumar, Thulasimathi, Suhas Yathiraj in gold contention | Sport-others News

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Nitesh Kumar: From train accident to Paris Paralympics final Nitesh Kumar, the highly skilled towering shuttler from Haryana, downed Japan’s Fujihara Daisuke 21-16, 21-12 in the semifinals at the Chapelle Arena. (Screengrab via Paralympics) Nitesh is a trained engineer, who suffered an unfortunate train accident when he fell out of a moving coach during college, needing prosthetics on his left foot. A strapping 6 footer with a wicked reverse drop on the court, he had always liked badminton, but got serious about it in the last few years. Playing mixed doubles alongside Thulasimathi Murugesan, he spent his last six weeks before heading out to Paris, at the Pullela Gopichand academy, for a specific skills bootcamp. (READ MORE) Source link