Bhavina Patel won bronze in women’s singles Class 4-5 table tennis at the Asian Para Games 2026.

She lost 7-11, 5-11, 7-11 in the semifinals to China’s Zhang Bian, an eight-time Paralympic champion.

The bronze was India’s 12th medal of the Games and its first podium on Day 2.

It is her second straight Asian Para Games singles bronze, after the 2022 edition.

Class 4-5 is for athletes with full upper body control who compete in a wheelchair.

At Tokyo 2020, she won India’s first-ever Paralympic medal in table tennis, a silver.

Diagnosed with polio young, she won her first national gold in Bengaluru in 2009.

She also won Commonwealth Games gold in 2022 and was India’s flag-bearer at this year’s opening ceremony.

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