The Uganda Para Badminton International championship successfully climaxed on Sunday evening and the Pearl of Africa secured nine medals.
For starters, Uganda is the only country on African continent that hosts International Para Badminton tourney due to a number of requirements needed to host a tournament of such a magnitude.
Former Worlds number eight, Palak Kohli lauded Uganda Badminton Association for having a highly organized tournament.
The 20 year old who sits 39th in world ranking following her return to action from injuries.
Kohli who was ranked number 8 in November 2021 on world ranking before sustaining injury which resulted a surgery, the Indian managed to clinch a SL4 women gold medal defeating Ugandas’ Harriet Nakayima on final.
After the game which ended 21-3 21-5 Kohli in an interview with this website, She appreciated Uganda for having a well organized tournament.
“I congratulate the organizers for organizing this event, it has been good, I thought I had a lot to adjust so that I can fit in the condition but that didn’t happen to me, the courts have been in good condition and everything have been well, it has been a successful tournament.” She Said.
Palak was not the only International player to appreciate the event Standard, Wheel Chair category Ruchi Trividi also Indian who won a bronze medal at 2004 Athens Paralympic also praised the improvement in organization of the event.
“This is my fourth time to be here in Uganda but this is the best event” said the Olympician.
Uganda secured nine medals in the Championship, eight bronze medals and one silver that was received by Nakayima.
In this Championship, Uganda had 35 entries, male and female but the women had a better display than the male because with all the nine medals Uganda is celebrating, none is for male sex.
Africa Championship is the following tournament and it’s commencing on Tuesday at Lugogo Indoor Arena and 11 nations be taking part.
The medal winners:
MS – SL 3
1. India Chandra Prakash
2. New Zealand Wojtek Czyz [1]
3/4. Nigeria Gbenga Sunday Olanipekun
3/4. India Dinesh Rajaiah
MS – SL 4
1. India Naveen Sivakumar
2. Chinese Taipei Yeh En-Chuan [1]
3/4. India Premkumar Ezhil
3/4. Nigeria Chigozie Jeremiah Nnanna
MS – SU 5
1. India Dev Rathi [3]
2. India Vansh Upadhyay
3/4. Azerbaijan Ibrahim Aliyev [1]
3/4. Spain Pablo Serrano
MS – WH 1
1. Korea Ryu Donghyun
2. Italy Yuri Ferrigno [1]
3/4. Egypt Atef Abdelkarim Mahmoud
3/4. Spain Francisco Motero [2]
MS – WH 2
1. Korea Kim Jung Jun [1]
2. India Sanjeev Kumar [2]
3/4. India Manjunatha Chikkaiah
3/4. Australia Grant Manzoney
WS – SL 3
1. Nigeria Mariam Eniola Bolaji
2. India Sanjana Kumari
3/4. Uganda Rose Nansereko
3/4. India Amudha Saravanan
WS – SL 4
1. India Palak Kohli [1]
2. Uganda Harriet Nakayima
3/4. Ivory Coast Gbenon Jaelle Djedje
3/4. India Kanak Singh Jadaun
WS – SU 5
1. India Thulasimathi Murugesan [1]
2. IndiaLatika Latika
3/4. India Koshika Devda
3/4. Spain Cristina Sanchez De Lechina Tejada [2]
WS – WH 1
1. India Pallavi Kuluvehalli M.
2. India Rupadevi Padala
3/4. Uganda Flavia Basuuta [2]
3/4. Uganda Sarah Nazziwa [1]
WS – WH 2
1. India Alphia James [3]
2. Egypt Shaimaa Samy Abdellatif [1]
3/4. India Shabana Shabana
3/4. India Ruchi Trivedi
S SH6
1. Spain Ivan Segura Escobar
2. Iran Arefeh Zahra Asadi Poor
3. Iran Saeideh Alsadat Jamadi
4. Benin Abdoul Farid Boukary
MD – SL 3 – SL 4
1. IndiaChandra Prakash and Naveen Sivakumar
2. New Zealand Wojtek Czyz and India Abhijeet Sakhuja
3/4. India Premkumar Ezhil [2] and India Dinesh Rajaiah
3/4. India Subhrajeet Maharana and
India Prashant Kumar Sinha
MD – SU 5
1. India Ravi Pal and
India Vansh Upadhyay
2. Azerbaijan Ibrahim Aliyev and
India Dev Rathi
3/4. India Sunil Panwar and India Rahul Vimal
3/4. Egypt Walid Abdelghany Elsaied [2] and Mohamed Shaaban Abdelgawa Ismail
MD – WH 1 – WH 2
1. Korea Kim Jung Jun [2] and Ryu Donghyun
2. India Sanjeev Kumar and
Spain Francisco Motero
3/4. India Indudhara Basavaajappa Sngppa and India Manjunatha Chikkaiah
3/4. Australia Martyn Ford [1] and Grant Manzoney
WD – SL 3 – SU 5
1. India Latika Latika and Amudha Saravanan
2. India Koshika Devda and Sanjana Kumari
3. Uganda Ritah Asiimwe and Elizabeth Mwesigwa
4. Uganda Sumini Mutesi and Rose Nansereko
WD – WH 1 – WH 2
1. India Alphia James and Pallavi Kuluvehalli M.
2. India Rupadevi Padala and Shabana Shabana
3. Uganda Sarah Nazziwa and India Ruchi Trivedi
4. Uganda Flavia Basuuta and Jennifer Bumali Kabuwo
XD – SL 3 – SU 5
1. India Kumar Nitesh [3] and Thulasimathi Murugesan
2. India Naveen Sivakumar and Palak Kohli
3/4. India Ravi Pal and Sanjana Kumari
3/4. India Chandra Prakash and Spain Cristina Sanchez De Lechina Tejada
XD – WH 1 – WH 2
1. Korea Ryu Donghyun [2] and India Alphia James
2. India Manjunatha Chikkaiah [3] and
Rupadevi Padala
3/4. India Sanjeev Kumar and Pallavi Kuluvehalli M.
3/4. Australia Martyn Ford and India Ruchi Trivedi
D SH 6 Exh.
1. Benin Abdoul Farid Boukary and
Spain Ivan Segura Escobar
2. Iran Arefeh Zahra Asadi Poor and
Iran Saeideh Alsadat Jamadi
