India At Asian Para Games 2023: Bhavina Patel Grabs Bronze In Women's Table Tennis Singles-Class 4 Section

Bhavina lost?7-11,11-6,6-11,7-11 to her Chinese opponent Xiaodan.

Updated on: 25 October 2023 4:20 am

Bhavina Patel poses with her Para Table Tennis gold medat at Commonwealth Games 2022.

Paralympic silver medalist Bhavina Patel clinched bronze medal at Asian Para Games 2023, achieving third place in Table Tennis Women's Singles - Class 4 after her semifinal loss to China's Gu Xiaodan. (Medal Tally?|?Full Coverage?|?Sports News)

Bhavina lost?7-11,11-6,6-11,7-11 to her Chinese opponent Xiaodan.

Bhavina Patel grabs Bronze for ??????!@BhavinaOfficial, the TT sensation, secures a spectacular Bronze in Table Tennis Women's Singles - Class 4 event at the #AsianParaGames2022.??????

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— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) October 25, 2023

A left-handed player with many tricks in her bag, Patel's moment of glory arrived when she won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and a silver at the Tokyo Paralympics in her category. She was diagnosed with polio when she was just one, and has been wheelchair-bound nearly all her life. For years, she felt she was a burden on her parents. But table tennis has given her purpose and renown. Patel has a habit of screaming “fight!” after winning a point, and a fighter she certainly is.