India's para badminton players added a string of bronze medals at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday, taking the country's overall tally to 69 medals — 15 gold, 22 silver and 32 bronze — according to ANI reports.

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Krishna Nagar and Nithya Sre took bronze in the mixed doubles SH6 after losing their semifinal 14-21, 18-21 to Indonesia's Rina Marlina and Subhan. Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj took bronze in the men's singles SL4, going down 21-23, 21-8, 15-21 to Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan in a three-game semifinal, while Abhijeet Sakhuja lost 13-21, 15-21 to compatriot Naveen Sivakumar in the other all-Indian semifinal of the same event. Those three bronzes had lifted India to 68 medals.

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Debutant Sanjana Kumari then added India's fifth para badminton bronze of the day, losing her women's singles SL3 semifinal 7-21, 9-21 to Japan's Shino Kawai but securing a podium finish in her maiden Asian Para Games appearance, ANI reported.

Earlier on Thursday, Manisha Ramadass and Pramod Bhagat had also taken bronze in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5, losing 21-16, 13-21, 17-21 to Indonesia's Leani Ratri Oktila and Hikmat Ramdani, IANS reported.

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The badminton bronzes followed a strong start to Day 4 for India, when Suvarna Raj won gold in the women's discus throw F54 and Swati Chaudhary took silver in the women's W1 archery, in results reported earlier on Awaaz Punjab.