India clinched their first medal at the ongoing BRICS Games in Kazan, Russia with the women’s table tennis team comprising Poymantee Baisya, Moumita Dutta and Yashini Sivasankar clinching a bronze medal. Indian women’s TT team lost to China 1-3 in the semi-final to settle for a bronze in the Russian city. Yashini won 11-7, 4-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-2 in the first game but China came back strongly to win their remaining three rubbers to make the final. Newly-appointed Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya congratulated the women’s TT team. The Indian men’s tea of Anirban Ghosh, Jeet Chandra and Snehit Suravajjula, meanwhile, finished fifth after securing a 3-1 win over Bahrain in their classification match.