{
  "id": 9286495,
  "title": "Who Is Jay Meena? From Cricket Bat To Soft Tennis Racket: The 26-Year-Old Creates History With Bronze Medal At Asian Games 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/who-is-jay-meena-from-cricket-bat-to-soft-tennis-racket-the-26-year",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-23T05:52:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/who-is-jay-meena-from-cricket-bat-to-soft-tennis-racket-the-26-year-old-creates-history-with-bronze-medal-at-asian-games-2026"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "India’s Jay Meena scripted history at the Asian Games 2026 after securing the country’s first-ever medal in soft tennis. Meena won the bronze medal in the men’s singles event after losing 2-4 to Japan’s Takuya Kurosaka in the semifinals. Meena’s journey to the Asian Games podium is particularly interesting because soft tennis was not his first sporting dream. Growing up in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh,…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Asian Games 2026: Jay Meena Scripts History, Assures India’s First-Ever Soft Tennis Medal After Thrilling Semi-Final Qualification",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/asian-games-2026-jay-meena-scripts-history-assures-indias-first-ever",
        "published": "2026-09-23T03:19:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(Asiad) S. Korea wraps up soft tennis competition with 3 bronzes at Asian Games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/asiad-s-korea-wraps-up-soft-tennis-competition-with-3-bronzes-at",
        "published": "2026-09-23T03:39:02.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}