The student of Excellia School Nithya Sre bagged 2 silver and 1 bronze medal in International Para Badminton Championship held in Thailand making the heads of Lucknowites held high with proud and honour.
The championship was held in Pataya from 9 to 14 May in which Indian Para Badminton team bagged 16 medals out of which 4 were gold, 4 silver and 8 bronze respectively.
All the three medals which Nithya won were in SH-6 category. In women singles she scored 21-11,18-21,16-21 against China’s Lin Shuangbao whereas in doubles she paired with Rachna Patel to grab silver medal . She had wonderful last 4 matches paired with India’s Shivrajan wherein they were defeated in semifinals by China’s Lin Naili and Lin Faingmi with 12-21, 21-15, 17-21.
Prior to this championship Nithya had also won gold and silver medals at Victoria Gusteez in Spain that was held between 20th to 26th February2023 respectively in which Nithya under SH -6 category in women double finals paired with Peru’s Rubi Milagras Fernandes defeated Poland’s Dariya Bujnika and Olivia Smigal with 21-6, 21-3. In singles finals Nithya faced defeat from Indonesia’s Rina Marlins from 8-21,15-21.
Nithya is presently grade XII student at Excellia School and is trained under Dronacharya awardee Mr Gaurav Khanna in Gaurav Khanna Excellia Badminton Academy. Her coach Mr Gaurav Khanna is optimistic for her performance in Bahrain. Excellia School’s Director Mr Asheesh Pathak ,Principal Mrs Priyanka Dubey expressed their wishes on her commendable performance and wished her well for future endeavours.