Paris Paralympics 2024: Sumit Antil, Nitesh Kumar win gold as India leave a mark on the world with eight medals on Day 5

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Paris Paralympics 2024

India had a noteworthy day at the Paris Paralympics 2024, winning eight medals on Monday, including two gold, three silver, and three bronze. This denotes whenever India first has won eight decorations in a solitary day at either the Paralympics or the Olympics. With a general count of 15 decorations, India is on target to outperform its best-ever execution of 19 awards from the Tokyo Paralympics 2021.

On Monday, the greatest medals came from Sumit Anitl and Nitesh Kumar as the competitors won gold in their particular occasions. Reigning champ and title holder Sumit secured the gold award in the lance toss F64 classification by breaking his own Paralympic record of 68.55m set at Tokyo. He won gold in Paris with a best toss of 70.59m yet additionally enrolled endeavors of 69.11m and 69.04m.

Nitesh won the gold by beating Extraordinary England’s Daniel Bethell 21-14, 18-21, 23-21 in the men’s singles SL3 para-badminton last at the La Chapelle Field Court 1. This was Nitesh’s first success over Bethell in quite a while.

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Nitesh won the gold by beating Extraordinary England’s Daniel Bethell 21-14, 18-21, 23-21 in the men’s singles SL3 para-badminton last at the La Chapelle Field Court 1. This was Nitesh’s most memorable success over BetYogesh Kathuniya won a silver for India in the men’s plate toss F56 occasion, his second after the Tokyo Games. The 27-year-old won silver with a season-best toss of 42.22m.

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Two additional silvers came in para-badminton as Thulasimathi Murugesan and Suhas Yathiraj lost in their particular ladies’ singles SU5 and men’s singles SL4 finals. Manisha Ramadass won a bronze in the ladies’ singles SU5 occasion, while Nithya Sre secured a bronze decoration in the ladies’ singles SH6 classification.

Armless bowman Sheetal Devi, who has turned into a motivation for the entire world with her assurance, won a bronze in the blended group compound open occasion with Rakesh Kumar as they crushed Italy’s Eleonora Sarti and Matteo Bonacina 156-155.hell in six endeavors.

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