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La Chapelle Arena Court: Top seed Nitesh Kumar overcame a tough challenge from Britain's Daniel Bethell in the final of the Men's Singles SL3 category badminton here on Monday, winning the gold medal with a scoreline of 21-14, 18-21, 23-21 at the La Chapelle Arena Court 1. After Avani Lekhara, it is India's second gold medal in the 2024 Games being held in the French capital.

This is India's ninth medal in the Paris Paralympic Games, including two gold, three silver and four bronze medals.

After winning the first game 21-14, Nitesh made some unforced errors and was struggling to take control of the net. Before this, Nitesh had never beaten Bethell in ten matches he went on to produce the biggest win of his life.