BAI Announces Cash Rewards for Para Shuttlers
Indian para shuttlers have been announced cash rewards by the Badminton Association of India (BAI) as a token of appreciation over their triumph at Paris Paralympics 2024. India has won five medals in badminton. This has been its best-ever show in the Paralympics till date. For the first time, Indian women stood on the Paralympic badminton podium. Medal Winners Shine in Paris Nitesh Kumar set the tone of success by bagging a gold in the Men’s Singles SL3. Suhas Yathiraj similarly repeated his Tokyo success to win a silver in the Men’s Singles SL4 category. Indian women shuttlers won medals in the Paralympics for the first time. Thulasimathi Murugesan won silver in the Women’s Singles SU5 category, while Manisha Ramadass came in with a bronze in the same category. In the SH6 category, Nithya Sre Sivan completed the tally with a bronze. Cash Awards for Outstanding Performances State Sports Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, who also heads the BAI as Chief Minister of Assam, announced a total cash prize of INR 50 lakh for medal winners. Nitesh Kumar bagged INR 15 lakh for gold medal. Suhas and Thulasimathi will get INR 10 lakh each as they won the silver medal. Manisha and Nithya will receive INR 7.5 lakh each for bronze medallist. The BAI assures commitment to the development of Para Badminton Secretary General Sanjay Mishra of BAI mentioned consistent performances from India’s para-badminton players at international arena. According to him, cash prizes were one of the ways BAI would pay a tribute to all such efforts by these players into India’s Paralympic success story. Mishra also said that BAI continued to work in the directions that are responsible for the growth of para-badminton, which included many means of support to the players. He added that a virtual meeting with them will be conducted in order to thank them and get to know the further support and action required for their development in the future. The Sportz Planet Desk,Atharva Shetye
