India’s Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan claimed twin gold medals following a stellar run at the Brazil Para-Badminton International here. The 18-year-old Nithya defeated Peru’s Giuliana Poveda Flores 22-20, 21-11 in the women’s singles SH6 category finals to win the gold medal. She also combined with Sivarajan Solaimalai to beat Hong Kong’s Chu Man Kai and Choi Wing Kei 21-11, 21-17 in the mixed doubles SH6 final. 

The participants of SH6 classification comprises ‘standing/short stature’ players. Tokyo Paralympic champion Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam also struck gold in the men’s doubles after defeating Korean pair of Joo Dongjae and Shin Kyung Hwan 22-20, 21-19 in finals of SL3-SL4 class. The SL3/SL4 class has players who play standing with severe/minor lower limb impairment.