Para shuttler Nitesh Kumar in motion© X (Twitter)
The Badminton Affiliation of India introduced on Tuesday a complete reward of Rs 50 lakh for the para shuttlers who secured medals on the Paris Paralympics final month. Indian para shuttlers gained 5 medals, together with one gold, two silver and as many bronze, on the Paris Video games. Nitesh Kumar, who clinched the coveted gold within the males’s Singles SL3 class, will obtain a prize of Rs 15 lakh, whereas silver medallists Suhas Yathiraj (males’s singles SL4) and Thulasimathi Murugesan (ladies’s singles SU5) will every be awarded Rs 10 lakh.
Bronze-medal winners Manisha Ramadass (ladies’s singles SU5) and Nithya Sre Sivan (ladies’s single SH6 class) will every obtain Rs 7.5 lakh.
Thulasimathi, Manisha and Nithya made historical past by changing into the primary Indian ladies shuttlers to safe medals on the Paralympics.
“Indian para badminton gamers have been performing persistently on the world stage and the money rewards are only one means for BAI to recognise their efforts in serving to the nation win medals on the Paralympics,” BAI secretary-general Sanjay Mishra mentioned.
“BAI is dedicated to growing and selling para-badminton throughout the nation and serving to these gamers obtain rather more success and plenty of extra initiatives to develop para-badminton are being undertaken,” he added.
Contemplating the tight match schedule of the gamers, BAI can even organise a digital interplay session with these gamers to congratulate them and to grasp their necessities for continued growth.
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