India’s Nithya Sre Sivan has claimed a bronze medal in the SH6 badminton category at the Paris Paralympics 2024. Nithya defeated Indonesia’s Rina Marlina 21-14, 21-6 at La Chapelle Arena Court 3. The SH6 category is for badminton players with short stature.
Nithya romped her way to a 7-0 lead in the first game but her opponent bounced back in the game to make it 10-10. But Nithya didn't lose hope and found her rhythm back and wrapped up the first game in 13 minutes. Nithya didn't give her opponent and chance and sealed the match by winning her second game in just 23 minutes.
In other sports, Kumar Nitesh clinched his first Paralympic gold in men's singles SL3 while Suhas Yathiraj and Thulasimathi Murugesan secured silver in SL4 and SU5 categories respectively as India bagged four badminton medals at the Paris Games on Monday.
India is now ranked 15th in the medal tally having clinched 15 medals so far.
( With PTI inputs)