Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced the nomination of Indian Paralympic champion Kumar Nitesh with three others for the men's Para-Badminton Player of the Year award.
Nitesh, who won his maiden gold medal in the SL3 category at the Paris Paralympics, will be competing for the award with two-time Paralympic gold medallists Cheah Liek Hou (SU5) of Malaysia, Japan's Daiki Kajiwara (WH2) and China's Qu Zimo (WH1).
The 29-year-old Indian is also a two-time silver and one-time bronze medallist at the World Championships.
In the women's category, Li Feng Mei, Sarina Satomi, Liu Yu Tong and Leani Ratri Oktila have been nominated for the award.
Qu, Liu, Oktila and Li have a shot at a double, as they have also been nominated for the Para-Badminton Pair of the Year with respective partners Mai Jian Peng, Yin Meng Lu, Hikmat Ramdani and Lin Naili.
The winners will be announced during the BWF World Tour Finals Gala Dinner on December 9.
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