India’s Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan claimed twin gold medals following a stellar run at the Brazil Para-Badminton International right here.
The 18-year-old Nithya defeated Peru’s Giuliana Poveda Flores 22-20 21-11 within the girls’s singles SH6 class finals to win the gold medal. She additionally mixed with Sivarajan Solaimalai to beat Hong Kong’s Chu Man Kai and Choi Wing Kei 21-11 21-17 within the blended doubles SH6 last.
The members of SH6 classification contains ‘standing/brief stature’ gamers.
Tokyo Paralympic champion Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam additionally struck gold within the males’s doubles after defeating Korean pair of Joo Dongjae and Shin Kyung Hwan 22-20 21-19 in finals of SL3-SL4 class.
The SL3/SL4 class has gamers who play standing with extreme/minor decrease limb impairment.
Bhagat additionally signed off with a singles silver after shedding 12-21 13-21 to fellow Indian Kumar Nitesh in SL3 class, whereas Sukant secured a bronze.
Among others, Tarun claimed a silver after shedding 7-21 13-21 to France’s Lucas Mazur within the summit conflict. Manasi Joshi too settled for a silver after shedding 11-21 21-18 0-21 to Turkey’s Halime Tildiz.
Men’s pairing of Chirag Baretha and Raj Kumar additionally bagged a silver after shedding 13-21 18-21 to Malaysian Muhammad Fareez Anuar and Cheah Liek Hou within the SU5 summit conflict.
Nitesh additionally mixed with Thulasimathi Murugesan however could not get throughout Hikmat Ramdani and Leani Ratri Oktila, shedding 18-21 9-21 within the finals.
Thulasimathi Murugesan, nonetheless, received the ladies’s singles SU5 finals, beating France’s Maud Lefort 21-12 21-18 to win the gold.
