Bhavani Devi, who was the biggest star to be in action on the day the Games were officially declared open by the Prime Minister, defeated Kerala's S Soumiya 15-5 in the final to win back to back National Games gold medals. Shiksha Ballouria of Himachal Pradesh and Jagmeet Kaur of Punjab won
India has won a total of 82 medals in the competition, comprising of 18 gold, 23 silver and 41 bronze. India has won 13 bronze medals in Para badminton itself.
In an impressive achievement for the state of Odisha, Pranati Naik secured the gold in Women's Artistic Gymnastics. Meanwhile, Jhilli Dalabehera and Sneha Soren, clinched bronze medals in the weightlifting discipline at the 37th edition of the National Games held in Goa.
The extraordinary journey of Indian Para-Powerlifting continues to gather momentum as Meerut's Zainab Khatun and Delhi's Rajkumari, both competing in the 61kg weight category, clinched silver and bronze medals on the second day of the competition at the Asian Games.
India has won 55 medals so far, consisting of 14 gold, 19 silver and 22 bronze medals. 35 of these medals have come in athletics, with 12 golds and silvers each and 11 bronze medals.
The flurry of medals continued on Day 3 as Indian shuttlers performed exceptionally to clinch two bronze medals in the mixed doubles event in the ongoing 4th Asian Para Games on Wednesday.