Indian para-badminton contingent ended the Badminton Asia Para Badminton Championships 2025 with a complete of 27 medals making it one of the best efficiency within the event.
Paralympic champion Nitesh Kumar starred for India successful three gold medals because the contingent completed with 4 gold medals, ten silver and 13 bronze medals.
Nitesh received gold in MS SL3 class and paired up with Tulshimati Murgesan and Sukant Kadam to win gold medals in combined doubles SL3-SU5 class and males’s doubles SL3-SL4 class respectively.
Manisha Ramadass received the opposite gold within the girls’s singles SU5 class.
Within the males’s doubles SL3-SL4 class remaining, Sukant Kadam and Nitesh Kumar battled previous fellow Indians Jagadesh Dilli and Naveen Sivakumar in a gripping three-set match that ended 21-17 11-21 21-11. The bronze in the identical class additionally went to India, with Mohammad Arwaz Ansari and Abhijeet Sakhuja stepping onto the rostrum.
Reflecting on the event, Sukant Kadam mentioned, “It was a type of finals the place it’s a must to dig deep and belief your coaching. The competitors is getting stronger every year, and this gold is a results of staying centered on the small issues that make a distinction.”
Other than Nitesh, Krishna Nagar, Nithya Sre, Manasi Joshi, Chirag Baretha, and Mandeep Kaur had been the opposite a number of medallists within the event.
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Within the combined doubles SH6 occasion, Tokyo Paralympic gold medallist Krishna Nagar and his associate Nithya Sre gave it their all in a high-energy remaining towards China’s Lin Naili and Li Fengmei, narrowly lacking the highest spot and settling for silver after a 13-21, 21-19, 14-21 contest.
India additionally dominated the combined doubles SL3–SU5 occasion, sweeping all three medals, with Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murgesan taking gold in a medical straight-sets win over Ruthick Raghupathi and Manasi Joshi, whereas Chirag Baretha and Mandeep Kaur earned bronze.
Indian medalists at Badminton Asia Para Championships
Gold Medalists
1. Nitesh Kumar MS SL3
2. Nitesh Kumar & Tulshimati Murgesan XD SL3-SU5
3. Mnisha Ramadas WS SU5
4. Nitesh Kumar & Sukant Kadam MD SL3-SL4
Silver Medalists
1. Krishna Nagar & Nithya XD SH6
2. Mandeep Kaur WS-SL3
3. Palak Kohali WS- SL4
4. Ruthick Raghupati & Manshi Joshi XD SL3-SU5
5. Nithya Sre WS-SH6
6. Nithya Sre & Rachna Patel WD-SH6
7. Suryakant Yadav MS-SL4
8. Jagdish Dilli & Naveen Shivakumar MD SL3-SL4
09. Ruthick Raghupati & Hardik Makkar MD-SU5
10. Manshi Joshi & Tulshimati Murgeshan WD SL3-SU5
Bronze Medalists
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1. Manshi Joshi- WS SL3
2. Naveen Shivakumar – MS SL4
3. Abhijeet Sakhuja & Arbaz Ansari MD SL3 -SL4
4. Umesh Vikaram Kumar – MS SL3
5. Prem ale & Abu Hubaida MD – WH1-WH2
6. Alphia James & Pallavi Kaluvehalli M – WD WH1-WH2
7. Tulshimathi Murgesan – WS SU5
8. Krishna Nagar – MS SH-6
9. Krishna Nagar & D Pandurangan, MD- SH6
10. Chirag Baretha & Mandeep Kaur XD SL3-SU5
11. Chirag Baretha & Rajkumar MD SU5
12. Alphia james WS-WH2
13. Manisha & Mandeep WD SL3-SU5
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