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Golden double here?
Updated On: 02 September, 2024 08:37 AM IST | Paris | PTI
Shuttlers Manisha and Thulasimathi to battle it out in semis for place in the women’s singles final; Nitesh beats Daisuke to enter men’s summit clash
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India’s Manisha Ramadass at the Paris Paralympics. Pic/PTI; India shuttler Nitesh Kumar. Pic/ParalympicsIndia; Thulasimathi Murugesan
India were assured of a second medal in badminton with Manisha Ramadass setting up a women’s singles SU5 semi-finals duel with compatriot Thulasimathi Murugesan at the Paris Paralympics here on Sunday.
The 19-year-old Manisha, who was born with Erb’s palsy which affected her right arm, had no trouble in dispatching Japan’s Mamiko Toyoda 21- 13, 21-16 in the quarter-finals. Erb’s palsy is a nerve disorder in the shoulder and arm that results in weakness or loss of muscle function.
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