The 8th edition of the 2025 Uganda Para-Badminton International, held from July 1-6 at the MTN Lugogo Indoor Arena, was dominated by Indian players.
The tournament featured participants from 10 countries worldwide, including Sweden, Peru, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, India, Estonia, Egypt, DR Congo, Cameroon, and Brazil.
India Tops the Medal Table
Indian players won a total of 22 medals, showcasing their exceptional skills and dominance in the sport. Peru was the second-best-performing country, winning eight medals, while Uganda’s team also put up a good fight, winning eight medals in different categories.
Successful Tournament
Simon Mugabi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Badminton Association (UBA), praised the tournament’s success, saying it provided local players with valuable exposure. “We are happy because several foreign players came and participated in this international tournament,” he added.
Winners of the Tournament
Some of the winners of the 8th Para-Badminton International tournament include:
- MD SL 3 – SL 4 + WD SL 3 – SU 5: Balakeshavulu Jonnalagadd Adinarayana and Karthick Krishnan (India)
- XD – SL 3 – SU 5: Karan Paneer and Amudha Saravanan (India)
- WD – SL 3 – SU 5 EXHIBITION: Amudha Saravanan and Swati Swati (India)
- MD – SU 5: Sinan Asif and Rahul Vimal (United Arab Emirates/India)
- WS – SU 5: Diana Rojas Golac (Peru)
- MS – SU 5: Karan Paneer (India)
Full List of Winners
The full list of winners is as follows:
- MD SL 3 – SL 4 + WD SL 3 – SU 5:
- 1st: Balakeshavulu Jonnalagadd Adinarayana and Karthick Krishnan (India)
- 2nd: Renzo Diquez Bances Morales and Gerson Jair Vargas Lostaunau (Peru)
- 3rd: Subhrajeet Maharana and Pujyam Mishra (India)
- 3rd: Bibhasindhu Barik and Chandra Prakash (India)
- XD – SL 3 – SU 5:
- 1st: Karan Paneer and Amudha Saravanan (India)
- 2nd: Gerson Jair Vargas Lostaunau and Diana Rojas Golac (Peru)
- 3rd: Renzo Diquez Bances Morales and Jenny Bertha Ventocilla Huaranga (Peru)
- 3rd: Mantu Kumar and Swati Swati (India)
- WD – SL 3 – SU 5 EXHIBITION:
- 1st: Amudha Saravanan and Swati Swati (India)
- 2nd: Sumin Mutesi and Elizabeth Mwesigwa (Uganda)
- 3rd: Kanak Singh Jadaun and Shivangi Pandey (India)
- MD – SU 5:
- 1st: Sinan Asif and Rahul Vimal (United Arab Emirates/India)
- 2nd: Karan Paneer and Kiruthi Subarayan (India)
- 3rd: Jairo Aranguri and Alberto Cadenillas Bocanegra (Peru)
- 4th: Prince Mamvumvu-Kidila and Hassan Mubiru (Congo, Dem. Rep./Uganda)
- WS – SU 5:
- 1st: Diana Rojas Golac (Peru)
- 2nd: Swati Swati (India)
- 3rd: Vaishali Nilesh Patel (India)
- 4th: Sumin Mutesi (Uganda)
- MS – SU 5:
- 1st: Karan Paneer (India)
- 2nd: Rahul Vimal (India)
- 3rd: Jairo Aranguri (Peru)
- 3rd: Kiruthi Subarayan (India)
- WS – SL 4:
- 1st: Shivangi Pandey (India)
- 2nd: Jenny Bertha Ventocilla Huaranga (Peru)
- 3rd: Kanak Singh Jadaun (India)
- 4th: Harriet Nakayima (Uganda)
- MS – SL 4:
- 1st: Renzo Diquez Bances Morales (4)
- 2nd: Subhrajeet Maharana (India)
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