India’s Nithya Sre defeated Rina Marlina of Indonesia 21-14, 21-6 to win bronze medal in the women’s SH6 category on Monday.
Nithya along with Sivarajan Solaimalai lost in the mixed doubles SH6 bronze medal match to Rina and Subhan.
With this medal, India surpassed its badminton medal tally of four in Tokyo.
Nithya won two bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Para Games held at Hangzhou, China. In May 2022, the Asian Youth Para Games winner also won a gold medal at the first Bahrain Para Badminton International Championships in Manama.
In December 2022, she bagged gold in the women’s singles SH6 finals defeating Worlds silver medallist at the Peru Para Badminton International in Lima
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