India at Paris Paralympics 2024, Day 4 Highlights: Nishad wins silver in high jump; sprinter Preethi wins second bronze

Thulasimathi Murugesan defeats Manisha Ramadass to become the third Indian para-shuttler after Nitesh Kumar and Suhas Yathiraj to be assured of at least a silver.

Murugesan ends up defeating Ramadass 23-21, 21-17 — both games being closely-fought affairs — to advance to the final, with the latter set to compete for bronze tomorrow.

Game 1 turns out to be quite the tough battle between Murugesan and Ramadass, with the two tied on 20 points each before the former surges ahead to clinch the opening game 23-21.

Will Murugesan enter the final with a straight-games win? Or will Ramadass take this to a decider? Stay tuned to find out.

Right then, time for the final event of the day, the women’s singles SU5 semi-final between Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manisha Ramadass.

While one of the two will confirm at least a silver, the other will fight for bronze tomorrow.

Just one event involving Indian athletes is all that’s left in the Day 4 — the all-Indian women’s singles SU5 semi-final clash between Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manisha Ramadass.

Whether Murugesan wins or Ramadass, it will be a silver for India at the very least.

At the halfway stage in Game 2, it’s Ramadass who leads by a solitary point. Has been quite the fiercely-contested all-Indian semi-final so far, contrary to Suhas Yathiraj vs Sukant Kadam SL4 showdown that was comparatively one-sided in favour of the former.

Can Ramadass level the contest 1-1 from here and force a decider?

India win their third medal in athletics in the ongoing Paris Paralympics, as well as their seventh overall, with Nishad Kumar winning silver in men’s high jump with a final height of 2.04m — his season best!

He finishes behind USA’s Roderick Townsend, who takes home the gold with season-best 2.12m while neutral para-athlete Georgii Margiev wins bronze with 2.00 — an area record!

Ram Pal was the other Indian competing in the event and he finishes seventh with a maximum height of 1.95m — his personal best.

A place in the women’s SH6 final isn’t to be for Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan as she loses in straight games (21-13, 21-19) against China’s Lin Shuangbao.

However, it’s not the end of the road for Nithya as she still can fight for bronze on Monday, against Indonesia’s Rina Marlina.

Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan is currently in action in the women’s singles SH6 semi-finals, facing China’s Lin Shuangbao.

The Chinese para-shuttler takes the opening game 21-13. Can the Indian fight back in Game 2 and take this to a decider?

Here’s a quick look at the scorecard for Rakesh Kumar’s bronze medal match in archery, which he lost by just one point.

Here’s a quick look at the final standings of the women’s 200m T35 event at the Paralympics, where Preethi Pal won a bronze.

India’s Nishad Kumar and Rampal will be in action soon in the men’s high jump T47 final. Here’s the start list for the event: