India's para badminton players delivered two gold medals at the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Friday, as Nitesh Kumar won the men's singles SL3 title and Naveen Sivakumar claimed the men's singles SL4 crown, ANI reported.
Source: ANI via Latestly
Nitesh defeated compatriot Pramod Bhagat, the former Paralympic champion, 21-18, 21-16 in straight games in an all-Indian final, ensuring a one-two finish for India in the SL3 category, with Bhagat taking silver.
In the SL4 final, Naveen beat Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan 21-9, 21-17 in 36 minutes, The North News and ANI reported.
Source: The North News
India also took silver in the women's singles SH6 final, where Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan lost 12-21, 13-21 to China's Li Fengmei. With the day's results, India's medal tally at the Games reached 98 — 24 gold, 32 silver and 42 bronze — keeping the team fourth in the standings at the time of reporting.
98 medals — 24 gold, 32 silver, 42 bronze — fourth in the Asian Para Games standings at the time of reporting.