Paris Paralympics 2024: Nitish Kumar Enters Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 Final, Assures Medal For India
Nitesh Kumar will be aiming for gold after entering into the finals of the SL3 event at the Paralympics 2024. Nitesh defeated Japan's Daisuke Fujihara to book his place in the summit clash.
New Delhi: India’s Para-badminton player Nitesh Kumar entered the badminton men’s singles SL3 final on the Paris Paralympics 2024. Nitesh is now assured of as a minimal a silver for the nation. He defeated Daisuke Fujihara of Japan within the semi-finals. Nitesh outclassed his Japanese opponent via 21-16, 21-12 in straight video games to e booklet his location into the finals.
The high-seeded Indian had topped Group A, which featured yet an extra Indian, Manoj Sarkar via necessary all three matches. Nitesh will most most regularly be up in opposition to Great Britain’s 2nd seed Daniel Bethell within the final as they are going to wrestle for the gold medal on 2nd September. Bethell has come into the final after beating Thailand’s Bunsun Mongkhon 21-7, 21-9 within the opposite semifinal. The British megastar modified into the topper in Group B, registering his possess hat-trick of wins.
Nitesh’s semifinal win assures India will return with a medal within the SL3 match, a class the positioning Pramod Bhagat had clinched gold within the final Paralympics. Bhagat, who modified into suspended for 18 months as a outcome of whereabouts failures, had defeated Britain’s Bethell within the final in Tokyo three years within the previous.
The clash now ensures to be a predominant one as the high two gamers will wrestle for the high prize on the Summer Games.
India has clinched five medals on the Paralympics 2024 to this part with three – all in badminton – being assured now. Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal won gold and bronze within the R2 – Girls’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1. Manish Narwal took home a silver within the P1 – Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 class, while Rubina Francis modified into the in as of late's shooter to bag a medal. She clinched a bronze within the P2 – Girls’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 match. Preethi Good friend grew to be India’s first song medallist on the Paralympics as she won a bronze within the Girls’s 100m – T35 class.
In badminton, Manisha Ramadass and Thulasimathi Murugesan face every other in an all-India semifinal within the girls’s SU5 class. Two extra Indians – Sukant Kadam and Suhas Yathiraj – will most most regularly be facing every other within the semis of the lads’s SL4 class, which assures yet an extra medal for India.
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