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Jehan Dorab Madan wins Asian Para Games table tennis bronze
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Jehan Dorab Madan and Shubham Wadhwa took bronze in men’s doubles MD4 table tennis at the Asian Para Games 2026 after a Group A top-four finish. They lost 0-3 to South Korea’s Park Jincheol and Kim Kyung-hyun on Friday. Madan, 50, had already won singles Class 1 bronze on Tuesday. He is a former racing driver from Tamil Nadu.
Prism
What It Means For You
- The pair’s only group win was 3-1 against Saudi Arabia’s Rakan Alsalmi and Ibrahim Alhassan.
- South Korea took gold and silver in the event; Thailand took the other bronze.
- Madan has 13 ITTF medals to date: 1 gold, 4 silver, and 8 bronze.
What's Happening
- Friday’s loss scores were 12-14, 7-11, and 5-11.
- The Indians also lost 0-3 to Thailand and 1-3 to another South Korean pair in the group.
- Madan began para table tennis in 2021, 14 years after a road accident left him paralysed from the chest down.
How Madan reached the podium
- He won national Class 1 silver within months of starting the sport.
- His first international gold came at the 2023 ITTF Egypt Para Open.
- Livemint reported the doubles bronze on Friday at the 2026 Games.
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