Asian Para Games 2026: Jehan-Shubham win bronze in table tennis men’s doubles MD4 event

Jehan, who won his first international gold at the 2023 ITTF Egypt Para Open, and 29-year-old Shubham endured a mixed campaign, winning only one of their four group matches. | Photo Credit: SAI/PCI

 India’s Jehan Dorab Madan and Shubham Wadhwa signed off with bronze medal in the table tennis men’s doubles MD4 event at the Asian Para Games 2026 on Friday.

The Indian pair suffered a 0-3 defeat against South Korea’s Park Jincheol and Kim Kyung-hyun in their last match of Group A.

The Indian pair lost 12-14, 7-11, 5-11 to their Korean opponents but still finished in the top four in their group to claim the medal.

The 50-year-old Jehan, a former racing driver, thus became the oldest member of the Indian contingent to win a medal at the quadrennial event.

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Jehan, who won his first international gold at the 2023 ITTF Egypt Para Open, and 29-year-old Shubham endured a mixed campaign, winning only one of their four group matches. They suffered defeats against two South Korean pairs and a Thailand combination.

The Indian duo had defeated Saudi Arabia’s Rakan Alsalmi and Ibrahim Alhassan 3-1 in a Group A match on Wednesday.

However, the Indian pair lost 0-3 to Thailand’s Thirayu Chueawong and Nattawut Thinathat before going down 1-3 to South Korea’s Kim Hyeonuk and Jang Yeongjin in their subsequent group matches.

South Korea dominated the medal standings, with Kim Hyeonuk and Jang Yeongjin winning gold, while Park Jincheol and Kim Kyung-hyun claimed silver.