India Assured Of 2 Badminton Medals At Asian Para Games As Mixed Doubles Duos Shine

The mixed doubles pairs of Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramadass and Krishna Nagar and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan moved to the semifinals of their respective events, assuring India of two medals in badminton at the Asian Para Games on Tuesday. Nagar and Nithya defeated the Chinese Taipei duo of Wu Yu-yen and Lin Jia-siang 21-15, 21-10 to finish second in Group A and qualify for the semifinals in the SH6 class, which is designated for athletes with short stature caused by conditions such as achondroplasia or other genetic variations.

Bhagat and Ramadass, meanwhile, defeated Thailand's Siripong Teamarrom and Chanida Srinavakul 21-15, 21-14 in the SL3-SU5 quarterfinals.

In para-badminton, SL3 is for players with significant lower-limb impairment who compete on half a court, while SU5 is for players with upper-limb impairment.

In mixed doubles SL3-SU5, pairs combine athletes from these two classifications.

Nagar and Bhagat will play their singles quarterfinals later in the day.

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