India Wins Two Bronze Medals at Asian Para Games 2026

India added two bronze medals at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October 2026. Ravanni Valasanaini finished on the podium in the Women’s 1500m T11 event, and Bhavina Patel did the same in the Women’s Singles Class 4-5 event. Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted both athletes the same day.

Bronze in the Women’s 1500m T11

Ravanni Valasanaini’s bronze came with a personal best, which makes the result count twice over: a place on the podium and the fastest she has run. The T11 label marks the class in which she competed. The Prime Minister called it a well-earned podium finish and said her running showed the determination and grit that mark out the country’s para-athletes.

Bronze in the Women’s Singles Class 4-5

Bhavina Patel won her bronze in the Women’s Singles Class 4-5 event. Her medal was described as another milestone in a career that has kept producing them, and the Prime Minister singled out the steadiness she has shown over the years and her hold on her sport, wishing her well for the contests ahead.

The two medals at a glance

Why the classes carry letters and numbers

Para sport sorts athletes into classes so that those with a similar degree of impairment meet one another, and the class code travels with the event name. That is why the medal is not simply a women’s 1500m bronze but a Women’s 1500m T11 bronze, and not simply a women’s singles bronze but a Women’s Singles Class 4-5 bronze. A question on either medal is likely to carry the class code, so the athlete, the event and the code are worth learning as one unit.

For the exam

Two names, two events, one colour of medal and one date: that is the shape of the day for India at these Games. Ravanni Valasanaini goes with the Women’s 1500m T11 and the words personal best; Bhavina Patel goes with the Women’s Singles Class 4-5. Both medals were bronze, both came on 20 October 2026, and both were at the Asian Para Games 2026. Where a paper gives four athletes and four events and asks you to match them, the pairing is what earns the mark, and swapping the two events is the trap most often set.