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.
Olympian fencer Bhavani Devi, representing Tamil Nadu, continued her domination in the national circuit winning gold in the Women's Sabre Individual Fencing competition on Thursday in the 37th National Games being held here
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.