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Shuttler Thulasimathi Murugesan: India's top women's para-shuttler Thulasimathi Murugesan put up a good fight but lost 0-2 against China's Qiu Xia Yang in the Gold Medal Match in the Women's Singles SU5 category at the Paralympic Games here on Monday. The defeat saw settle for a silver medal for the nation which is India's 11th medal so far in the 2024 Paralympics.

Despite starting on the front foot which saw the Indians take a 11–8 lead, Yang fought her way back into the first game and won 21-17.

Yang continued her dominance in the second game and took an early advantage with a score of 5-10. The Chinese had no problem in taking the game away from World No.1 and went on to win the game 21-10 and secure the gold medal with a dominant performance. With this win, Qiuxia Yang took revenge for her defeat to the Indian in the Women's Singles SU5 final in the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou in October 2023.