Thulasimathi wins gold, ends day with three medals

Thulasimathi Murugesan capped a memorable day with a gold and two silver medals, clinching the women’s doubles title to add a golden finish to her campaign at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya on Friday. The 24-year-old Paris Paralympics silver medallist combined with Manasi Joshi to win the women’s doubles SL3-SU5 title, beating China’s Yang Qiuxia and Xiao Zuxian 21-16 21-13 in the final that lasted 28 minutes.

Congratulations to Thulasimathi Murugesan on winning the Silver Medal in Women’s Singles SU5 at the Asian Para Games 2026! #AsianParaGames2026 #Cheer4Bharat https://t.co/cHMRs3WK0j

— Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) October 23, 2026

Thulasimathi had earlier won silver in women’s singles SU5, losing 18-21 11-21 to Yang Qiuxia in the final. She then partnered Nitesh Kumar in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 final, where the Indian pair went down 21-11 19-21 14-21 to Indonesia’s Leani Ratri Oktila and Hikmat Ramdani to settle for another silver. The SL3–SU5 category in para-badminton combines athletes from the Standing Lower (SL3) and Standing Upper (SU5) sport classes for doubles competitions. 

Heartiest congratulations to TOPS athletes Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan (WR-2) on clinching Silver in the Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 at the #AsianParaGames2026 #Cheer4Bharat https://t.co/Ba9e25nWAA

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) October 23, 2026

In shooting, Mona Agarwal clinched gold in the women’s 50-metre rifle three positions SH1 event, setting a new world record with a score of 357.5 to claim her second gold medal of the Games.