Asian Para Games 2026: Bhavina Patel Wins Bronze In Table Tennis After Losing Women's Singles Class 4-5 Semifinal To Zhang Bian
Nagoya: India's Bhavina Patel settled for a bronze medal at the Asian Para Games' table tennis competition after losing her women's singles Class 4-5 semifinal to China's eight-time Paralympic champion Zhang Bian here on Tuesday. BRONZE FOR BHAVINA PATEL! Bhavina Patel wins BRONZE in Women’s Singles Class 4–5 at the Asian Para Games 2026! She finishes on the podium after Bian Zhang wins the…
Indian para table tennis player Bhavina Patel secured a bronze medal at the Asian Para Games 2026 after a loss in the women's singles Class 4-5 semifinal to China's Zhang Bian. Patel, a former Paralympic silver medallist, relinquished the match 7-11, 5-11, 7-11, marking her second successive bronze at the event. Zhang Bian, an eight-time Paralympic champion, emerged victorious in the semifinal with a score of 11-7, 11-5, 11-7.
Patel's bronze follows her silver medal from the 2018 Asian Para Games. The 40-year-old Indian athlete, hailing from Gujarat, is also a former Commonwealth Games gold winner. The Class 4-5 classification encompasses athletes with full upper body control but wheelchair-bound due to leg or lower-limb impairments.
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