Female para badminton

Female Para Badminton Player: India's Manisha Ramadass won her maiden bronze medal in the Paralympic Games here, defeating Denmark’s Cathrine Rosengren 2-0 (21-12, 21-8) in the third-place match in the Women's Singles SU5 category. Her victory ensured that India had a double podium finish with compatriot Thulasimathi Murugesan bagging the silver medal, taking India’s tally at the Paralympics to 11.

Manisha’s dominance started in the first game. Despite her Danish opponent hanging close, Manisha built a sizable lead and took advantage to win the first game 21-12, going up 1-0 in 13 minutes.

Cathrine started the second game with positive intent and went 3-0 up against Manisha before the Indian flipped the switch and went on to take a 10-5 lead. The Dane never managed to recover after going behind in the second game and went on to lose consecutive points which took the game away from her. Manisha ended the game with a score of 21-8 which capped off a solid victory for her.