Badminton News: As many as 13 Indian para badminton players, including reigning champion Krishna Nagar, have secured qualification for the upcoming Paris Paralympics, as confirmed by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
Representing India, they will participate in nine different events during the badminton competition scheduled at the Paris Olympics from August 28 to September 8.
Nagar is aiming to defend the men's singles gold in the SH6 category that he won at the Tokyo 2021 Paralympics. Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj and Manoj Sarkar, who won silver and bronze respectively in Tokyo, will also be looking to win new successes in men's singles SL4 and SL3. . category.
A total of 120 badminton athletes, including 60 men and 60 women from 31 national Paralympic committees, qualified for the Paris Paralympic Games. They will compete in 16 events, including 12 singles events and four doubles events, as announced by the BWF.
The Paris Paralympic Games will introduce three new numbers: women's singles lower position 3 (WS SL3), women's singles lower position 6 (WS SH6) and mixed doubles small size 6 (XD SH6).
Additionally, athletes from Austria, Belgium, Chile, Italy, New Zealand, Nigeria and the United States will mark their Paralympic badminton debut.
The badminton competition is scheduled from August 29 to September 2 at the Arène de la Porte de La Chapelle.
Indian badminton players qualified for the Paris Olympics:
Men's Singles SH6: Krishna Nagar; Sivarajan Solaimalai
Men’s Singles SL3: Kumar Nitesh; Manoj Sarkar
Women's singles SL3: Manasi Girishchandra Joshi; Mandeep Kaur
Men's Singles SL4: Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj; Sukant Kadam; Tarun
Ladies’ Singles SL4: Palak Kohli
Women's singles SU5: Thulasimathi Murugesan; Manisha Ramadas
Women's Singles SH6: Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan
SL3-SU5 Mixed Doubles: Kumar Nitesh and Thulasimathi Murugesan; Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj and Palak Kohli
SH6 Mixed Doubles: Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan.
Article Tag: Krishna Nagar, Manasi Joshi, Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
