Asian Para Games Highlights, October 19 Day 4: Nishad Kumar, Avani Lekhara Lead India’s Medal Hopes

Para Archery

04:30 AM - Para Archery (Para Recurve Men) - Qualification - Harvinder Singh

04:30 AM - Para Archery (Para Recurve Men) - Qualification - Vijay Sundi

04:30 AM - Para Archery (Para Recurve Men Doubles) - Qualification - Harvinder Singh & Vijay Sundi

04:30 AM - Para Archery (Para Compound Women) - Qualification - Payal Nag

04:30 AM - Para Archery (Para Compound Women) - Qualification - Sheetal Devi

04:30 AM - Para Archery (Para Compound Women Doubles) - Qualification - Sheetal Devi & Payal Nag

04:30 AM - Para Archery (W1 Women) - Qualification - Swati Chaudhary

07:20 AM - Para Archery (Para Recurve Men) - Elimination Round 1/16 - Harvinder Singh & Vijay Sundi

07:20 AM - Para Archery (Para Compound Women) - Elimination Round 1/16 - Sheetal Devi & Payal Nag

09:15 AM - Para Archery (Para Recurve Women) - Qualification - Bhawna

09:15 AM - Para Archery (Para Recurve Women) - Qualification - Pooja

09:15 AM - Para Archery (Para Recurve Women Doubles) - Qualification - Bhawna & Pooja

09:15 AM - Para Archery (Para Compound Men) - Qualification - Toman Kumar

09:15 AM - Para Archery (Para Compound Men) - Qualification - Shyam Sunder Swami

09:15 AM - Para Archery (Para Compound Men Doubles) - Qualification - Toman Kumar & Shyam Sunder Swami

09:15 AM - Para Archery (W1 Men) - Qualification - Vinayak Amol Breed

09:15 AM - Para Archery (W1 Men) - Qualification - Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari

09:15 AM - Para Archery (W1 Men Doubles) - Qualification - Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari & Vinayak Amol Breed

09:15 AM - Para Archery (W1 Mixed Team) - Qualification - Team composition subject to qualification scores

09:15 AM - Para Archery (Para Compound Mixed Team) - Qualification - Team composition subject to qualification scores

09:15 AM - Para Archery (Para Recurve Mixed Team) - Qualification - Team composition subject to qualification scores

12:05 PM - Para Archery (Para Compound Men) - Elimination Round 1/16 - Toman Kumar & Shyam Sunder Swami

12:05 PM - Para Archery (W1 Men) - Elimination Round 1/8 - Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari & Vinayak Amol Breed

Para Badminton

05:30 AM - Para Badminton (Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5) - Group B, Match 1 - Nitesh Kumar & Thulasimathi Murugesan

05:35 AM - Para Badminton (Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5) - Group C, Match 1 - Ruthick Ragupathi & Manasi Girishchandra Joshi

06:00 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles WH1) - Group A, Match 1 - Prem Kumar Ale

06:05 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles SH6) - Group C, Match 2 - Krishna Nagar

06:05 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles SH6) - Group B, Match 2 - Sudarsan Saravanakumar Muthusamy

06:40 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles SL3) - Group B, Match 3 - Pramod Bhagat

06:40 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles SH6) - Group D, Match 3 - Sivarajan Solaimalai

07:15 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles SL4) - Group B, Match 4 - Sukant Kadam

07:15 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles SL3) - Group C, Match 4 - Umesh Vikram Kumar

07:15 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles SL4) - Group A, Match 4 - Naveen Sivakumar

07:50 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles SL4) - Group F, Match 5 - Abhijeet Sakhuja

07:50 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles SU5) - Group B, Match 5 - Rakesh Pandey

08:25 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles SL4) - Group E, Match 6 - Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj

08:25 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles SL3) - Group A, Match 6 - Nitesh Kumar

08:25 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles SL4) - Group C, Match 6 - Surya Kant Yadav

09:00 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles SU5) - Group C, Match 7 - Ruthick Ragupathi

09:35 AM - Para Badminton (Women's Singles SU5) - Group B, Match 8 - Thulasimathi Murugesan

09:35 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Doubles WH1-WH2) - Group A, Match 8 - Prem Kumar Ale & Abu Hubaida

09:35 AM - Para Badminton (Women's Singles SH6) - Group A, Match 8 - Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan

10:10 AM - Para Badminton (Women's Singles SL3) - Group C, Match 9 - Mandeep Kaur

10:10 AM - Para Badminton (Women's Singles SU5) - Group A, Match 9 - Shanthiya Vishwanathan

10:10 AM - Para Badminton (Women's Singles SU5) - Group A, Match 9 - Manisha Ramadass

10:45 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles WH2) - Group E, Match 10 - Haris Mythili Srikumar

10:45 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Singles SU5) - Group F, Match 10 - Hardik Makkar

11:20 AM - Para Badminton (Mixed Doubles WH1-WH2) - Group B, Match 11 - Abu Hubaida & Pallavi K.M.

11:20 AM - Para Badminton (Women's Singles SL3) - Group C, Match 11 - Neeraj

11:20 AM - Para Badminton (Women's Singles WH2) - Group B, Match 11 - Alphia James

11:20 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Doubles SL3-SU5) - Group D, Match 11 - Sukant Kadam & Pramod Bhagat

11:20 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Doubles SL3-SU5) - Group B, Match 11 - Suryakant Yadav & Naveen Sivakumar

11:55 AM - Para Badminton (Men's Doubles SH6) - Group, Match 12 - Krishna Nagar & Sivarajan Solaimalai

12:30 PM - Para Badminton (Men's Doubles SL3-SU5) - Group C, Match 13 - Nitesh Kumar & Ruthick Ragupathi

01:05 PM - Para Badminton (Women's Doubles SL3-SU5) - Group B - Mandeep Kaur & Shanthiya Vishwanathan

01:05 PM - Para Badminton (Women's Doubles SL3-SU5) - Group B - Thulasimathi Murugesan & Manasi Girishchandra Joshi

01:40 PM - Para Badminton (Women's Doubles WH1-WH2) - Group B - Pallavi KM & Alphia James

Para Judo

06:30 AM - Para Judo (Men's J1 -70kg) - Quarterfinal - Kapil Parmar

06:30 AM - Para Judo (Women's J2 -52kg) - Semifinal - Kokila

06:30 AM - Para Judo (Men's J1 -70kg) - Repechage (Subject to Qualification) - Kapil Parmar

06:30 AM - Para Judo (Men's J1 -70kg) - Final of Repechage (Subject to Qualification) - Kapil Parmar

06:30 AM - Para Judo (Men's J1 -70kg) - Semifinal (Subject to Qualification) - Kapil Parmar

12:30 PM - Para Judo (Women's J2 -52kg) - Bronze Medal Match (Subject to Qualification) - Kokila

12:30 PM - Para Judo (Men's J1 -70kg) - Bronze Medal Match (Subject to Qualification) - Kapil Parmar

12:30 PM - Para Judo (Women's J2 -52kg) - Final (Subject to Qualification) - Kokila

12:30 PM - Para Judo (Men's J1 -70kg) - Final (Subject to Qualification) - Kapil Parmar

Para Shooting

06:30 AM - Para Shooting (R1 - Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1) - Qualification - Anandha Krishnan

06:30 AM - Para Shooting (R1 - Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1) - Qualification - Rakesh Nidagundi

06:30 AM - Para Shooting (R1 - Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1) - Qualification - Swaroop Unhalkar

06:30 AM - Para Shooting (R2 - Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1) - Qualification - Avani Lekhara

06:30 AM - Para Shooting (R2 - Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1) - Qualification - Mona Agarwal

08:40 AM - Para Shooting (R1 - Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1) - Final (Subject to Qualification) - Anandha Krishnan, Rakesh Nidagundi & Swaroop Unhalkar

10:35 AM - Para Shooting (R2 - Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1) - Final (Subject to Qualification) - Avani Lekhara & Mona Agarwal

Para Table Tennis

06:35 AM - Para Table Tennis (Women's Singles Class 9) - Group B, Match 6 - Baby Sahana Ravi

06:35 AM - Para Table Tennis (Women's Singles Class 3) - Group B, Match 5 - Sonalben Patel

07:30 AM - Para Table Tennis (Women's Singles Class 1) - Group A, Match 4 - Ekta Bhyan

08:50 AM - Para Table Tennis (Women's Singles Class 8) - Group A, Match 3 - Savita Ajjanakatti

08:50 AM - Para Table Tennis (Men's Singles Class 1) - Group A, Match 7 - Jehan Dorab Madan

08:50 AM - Para Table Tennis (Men's Singles Class 1) - Group A, Match 8 - Sandeep Dangi

08:50 AM - Para Table Tennis (Women's Singles Class 6) - Group A, Match 3 - Prachi Pandey

11:30 AM - Para Table Tennis (Men's Singles Class 3) - Quarterfinal, Match 1 - Shubham Wadhwa

12:10 PM - Para Table Tennis (Women's Singles Class 3) - Quarterfinal (Subject to Qualification) - Sonalben Patel

01:30 PM - Para Table Tennis (Women's Singles Class 4-5) - Quarterfinal - Bhavinaben Patel

02:10 PM - Para Table Tennis (Women's Singles Class 8) - Semifinal (Subject to Qualification) - Savita Ajjanakatti

Boccia

07:05 AM - Boccia (Women's Individual BC3) - Pool A, Match 5 - Anjali Devi

07:05 AM - Boccia (Men's Individual BC3) - Pool A, Match 4 - Sachin Chamaria

12:05 PM - Boccia (Men's Individual BC3) - Pool A, Match 5 - Sachin Chamaria

Para Cycling

07:19 AM - Para Cycling (Men's C1-2 3000m Individual Pursuit) - Qualification - Arshad Shaikh

07:19 AM - Para Cycling (Men's C1-2 3000m Individual Pursuit) - Bronze Final (Subject to Qualification) - Arshad Shaikh

07:19 AM - Para Cycling (Men's C1-2 3000m Individual Pursuit) - Gold Final (Subject to Qualification) - Arshad Shaikh

Para Swimming

07:32 AM - Para Swimming (Men's 200m Individual Medley SM9) - Heat 1 - Swatik Patil

01:30 PM - Para Swimming (Men's 400m Freestyle S7) - Final - Gopichand Lingutla

01:30 PM - Para Swimming (Men's 400m Freestyle S7) - Final - Niranjan Mukundan

01:38 PM - Para Swimming (Women's 400m Freestyle S8) - Final - Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap

02:47 PM - Para Swimming (Men's 100m Backstroke S11) - Final - Himanshu Nandal

02:57 PM - Para Swimming (Men's 100m Freestyle S13) - Final - Ravi Veera Venkata Bhavan Budigina

04:46 PM - Para Swimming (Men's 100m Freestyle S10) - Final - Kapil Kumar

04:46 PM - Para Swimming (Men's 100m Freestyle S10) - Final - Ajay Hindurao Bhosale

Para Athletics

11:35 AM - Para Athletics (Women's Javelin Throw F55/F56) - Qualification - Suchitra Parida

01:40 PM - Para Athletics (Men's Long Jump T45/T46/T47) - Final (Medal Event) - Nishad

02:10 PM - Para Athletics (Women's 400m T20) - Round 1, Heats 1/2 - Deepthi Jeevanji

03:07 PM - Para Athletics (Women's 200m T11) - Round 1, Heats 1/2/3 - Ravanni Valasanaini

03:35 PM - Para Athletics (Men's Javelin Throw F45/F46) - Final (Medal Event) - Ajeet Singh

03:35 PM - Para Athletics (Men's Javelin Throw F45/F46) - Final (Medal Event) - Rinku

03:55 PM - Para Athletics (Women's 1500m T12/T13) - Final (Medal Event) - Soumya

03:55 PM - Para Athletics (Women's 1500m T12/T13) - Final (Medal Event) - Radha Venkatesh

04:03 PM - Para Athletics (Women's 1500m T11) - Final (Medal Event) - Rakshitha Raju

04:03 PM - Para Athletics (Women's 1500m T11) - Final (Medal Event) - Ravanni Valasanaini

04:30 PM - Para Athletics (Men's 200m T64) - Final (Medal Event) - Pranav Prashant Desai

04:37 PM - Para Athletics (Women's 200m T45/T46/T47) - Round 1, Heat 1 - Anjanaben Rohitbhai Bumbadiya

04:44 PM - Para Athletics (Women's 200m T45/T46/T47) - Round 1, Heat 2 - Jayanti Behera

Para Powerlifting

01:00 PM - Para Powerlifting (Women's Up to 45.00kg) - Final - Jaspreet Kaur

Blind Football

09:00 AM - Blind Football (Men's Team) - Preliminary Round, Game 8 - Boje Marbom, Klingson Marak, Pradeep Patel, Sahil, Shivam Singh, Sovendra Singh, Tushar Kumar, Vishnubhatejubha Vaghela, Aditya Sajwan (GK) & Sujith Puthankattunikkarathsasi (GK)

Konnichiwa! The Asian Para Games 2026 are officially underway following yesterday’s opening ceremony. We’re back for another action-packed day of sports, so stay tuned and follow all the updates with us!

India's mixed doubles pair of Ruthick Ragupathi and Manasi Joshi comfortably swept aside the Philippines duo of Khian Urbano and Kathleen Pedrosa in straight games (21-5, 21-15) during their Group C clash.

India's Prem Kumar Ale faced a tough 2-0 (21-14, 21-5) defeat at the hands of Malaysia's Muhammad Bin Ramli in their Men's Singles WH1 Group A encounter.

India's Krishna Nagar went down fighting 2-1 (21-15, 6-21, 19-21) against China's Lin Naili during their Men's Singles SH6 Group C clash.

India's para archer Sheetal Devi scripts history in women's compound qualification round, shooting a magnificent 704 out of 720 to equal the world record and set a new Asian record.

Meanwhile, compatriot Payal Nag scored 675 points to finish joint fifth in the qualification standings.

India's Sivarajan Solaimalai cruised to a comfortable straight-game victory (21-8, 21-11) over Brunei's Faiq Zali in their Men's Singles SH6 Group D fixture.

Mona Agarwal claimed the number-one spot in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 qualification event with a score of 629.1 points, while two-time Paralympic gold medalist Avani Lekhara finished right behind her in second with 626.4 points.

Ekta Bhayan goes down against South Korea's Eun Hee Kim in straight sets in the women's singles Class 1 Group A match. Hee defeated Ekta 3-0 (11-4, 13-11, 11-4)

India's judoka Kapil Parmar qualifies for the semi-final of the men's J1 -70kg. He defeated Mongolia's Bat-Erdene Baatarsuren.

India's Kokila upsets the reigning world champion, China's Liu Yi, in the women's Judo -52kg J2 semi-finals. The Indian judoka edged past her opponent 11–10 with a crucial Waza-ari score to secure her spot in the gold medal match. She will now face Kyrgyzstan's Aibike Ulanbek Kyzy in the final. The match will start at 4 PM.

Kapil Parmar to play bronze medal bout.

Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar and Rakesh Nidagundi are competing in the men's 10m air rifle final. Swaroop has scored 154.5 after stage 2 series 3 shooting, placing him fourth on the leaderboard.

Meanwhile, Rakesh Nidagundi is currently in seventh place with a score of 141.5 after stage 2 series 2.

World Record! India's archer Swati Chaudhary has secured the top seed in the women’s W1 archery event. She finished the ranking round with 648 points to set a new Asian Para Games record.

Agonising finish for Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar! He finished fourth and missed out on a medal in the men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 event, scoring 205.9. Meanwhile, compatriot Rakesh Nidagundi placed seventh with a score of 141.5.

Suhas Lalinakere wins the first game against Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan to lead the men's singles SL4 group stage match 1-0.

Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan assures medal in para badminton mixed doubles SL3- SU5.

Nitesh and Murugesan have defeated the Chinese duo of Pengfei Chen and Zixuan Huang 21-4, 21-18.

Suhas Lalinakere has beaten Fredy 21-8, 21-14 in para badminton men's singles SL4.

Avani Lekhara leads the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 event after the opening series with a score of 42.4. Meanwhile, Mona Agarwal has scored 30.3 and finds herself in the lower half of the standings.

Baby Sahana Ravi and Prachi Pandey have locked in historic table tennis medals for India in the standing categories at the 2026 Asian Para Games. Sahana dominated her women's singles Class 9 Group B match with a 3-0 victory over Kazakhstan's Altynay Yerzhankyzy, while Prachi overcame Thailand's Kanokporn Phathumchai 3-1 in the Class 6 Group A event. By advancing to the semifinals of their respective events, both Indian paddlers have successfully assured themselves of podium finishes.

First Gold For India! Mona Agarwal has secured the first gold medal at the Asian Para Games 2026. Mona scored 250 points and secured the gold medal in women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 event. Avani Lekhara, 2023 Asian Para Games champion, settles for silver.

Avani also wins the quota for LA2028 Paralympics with a silver medal. Mona had already won it in World Championships.

• 1:00 PM IST: Jaspreet Kaur – Women’s para powerlifting, up to 45kg final

• 1:30 PM IST: Gopichand Lingutla and Niranjan Mukundan – Men’s 400m freestyle S7 final

• 1:38 PM IST: Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap – Women’s 400m freestyle S8 final

• 1:40 PM IST: Nishad Kumar – Men’s long jump T47 final

• 2:30 PM IST: Parmjeet Kumar and Manish Kumar – Men’s para powerlifting, up to 59kg final

• 2:57 PM IST: Ravi Karthik Budigina – Men’s 100m freestyle S13 final

• 4:03 PM IST: Rakshitha Raju and Ravanni Valasanaini – Women’s 1,500m T11 final

• 4:30 PM IST: Pranav Desai – Men’s 200m T64 final

• 4:46 PM IST: Ajay Hindurao Bhosale and Kapil Kumar – Men’s 100m freestyle S10 final

Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar have shattered the world record in the para compound mixed team ranking round. Toman's score of 698/720 in the men's division, combined with Sheetal's brilliant 704 in the women's, powered the Indian pair to a total of 1402 points, eclipsing the previous mark of 1400 previously set by Sheetal and Rakesh Kumar. This marks Sheetal's second world record of the day after she equalled the women's individual compound world record earlier.

Time to shift our focus to the powerlifting arena! India’s Jaspreet Kaur is in action in the women’s up to 45kg category at the Asian Para Games 2026. Let’s see how she gets on!

India’s Kapil Parmar has beaten Mongolia’s Baatarsuren Bat-Erdene by Ippon in the men’s J1 -70kg quarterfinal at the Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall. The bout went into Golden Score, with Parmar sealing the victory after 4 minutes and 53 seconds to keep his Asian Para Games 2026 campaign going strong.

India’s Jaspreet Kaur remains third in the women’s up to 45kg para powerlifting final at the Asian Para Games 2026. She is currently in the bronze medal position with a lift of 100kg after failing to clear 102kg in her second attempt. China and Kazakhstan continue to occupy the top two spots.

India’s Sonalben Patel is through to the semifinals after defeating Thailand’s Dararat Asayut 3-1 in the women’s singles quarterfinal at the Asian Para Games 2026. Patel won 11-7, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5 to secure a medal for India. She is now one step closer to the gold medal!

India’s Kapil Parmar has clinched the bronze medal in the men’s J1 -70kg para judo event at the Asian Para Games 2026. The Asian Championship silver medallist defeated Indonesia’s Rafli Ahnaf Shidqi by Ippon in just 1 minute and 9 seconds in the bronze medal match.

Parmar, who won silver in the men’s J1 -60kg event at the 2022 Asian Para Games, has now added another medal to his tally after moving to a new weight category ahead of the LA 2028 cycle.

India’s Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap finished sixth in the women’s 400m freestyle S8 final at the Asian Para Games 2026, clocking 6:22.72. China’s Tingting Zheng took the gold medal with a time of 5:15.40.

Tough luck for India’s Jaspreet Kaur, who finishes fourth in the women’s up to 45kg final at the Asian Para Games 2026 after failing to lift 102kg in her third and final attempt.

Kazakhstan’s Aizhan Berimkulova snatched bronze with a successful 101kg lift, pushing Jaspreet out of the medal positions. China’s Lingling Guo took gold with a world-record lift of 125kg, while Kazakhstan’s Alina Solodukhina claimed silver with 103kg.

India’s two-time Paralympic silver medallist Nishad Kumar is making his mark in the men’s T47 long jump final at the Asian Para Games 2026. Competing in his secondary event, Nishad opened with an impressive 6.95m jump to take the lead, with nine of the 11 finalists having completed their first attempts.

Can he keep the momentum going?

India’s Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar have set a new world record in the para compound mixed team ranking round at the Asian Para Games 2026, combining for 1,402 points to surpass the previous mark of 1,400.

Toman scored 698 out of 720 in the men’s compound ranking round to finish third individually, while Sheetal contributed 704 points in the women’s qualification round. The duo broke the previous record set by Sheetal and Rakesh.

India’s two-time Paralympic silver medallist in high jump, Nishad Kumar, continues to lead the men’s T47 long jump final at the Asian Para Games 2026. He improved his mark to 7.11m on his third attempt, having opened with 6.95m before jumping 7.09m in his second attempt.

Nishad is competing in the long jump at an international event for the first time. Can the high jump star make his debut count with a medal?

India’s Kokila has secured the silver medal in para judo at the Asian Para Games 2026 after finishing second in the final at the Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall in Japan. She was defeated by Kyrgyzstan’s Aibike Ulanbek Kyzy, who won by Ippon in just 21 seconds.

India’s Prachi Pandey has assured the country of a medal in women’s Class 6 table tennis at the Asian Para Games 2026 after securing a semifinal berth with a 11-5, 11-4, 11-13, 12-10 victory over Thailand’s Kanokporn Phathumchai.

Training at the Sports Authority of India’s Centre of Excellence in Gandhinagar, Prachi finished second in Group A with one win and one loss. Her qualification for the last four guarantees India its first-ever medal in this category at the Asian Para Games.

The MTech graduate from Punjab Engineering College will face Iraq’s Najlah Al-Dayyeni in the semifinal on Tuesday, with a place in the final on the line.

India’s Nishad Kumar has struck gold in the men’s T47 long jump at the Asian Para Games 2026, producing a best effort of 7.11m to claim India’s second gold medal at the Games.

The two-time Paralympic silver medallist, competing in his secondary event, hit 7.11m twice in the final. He opened with 6.95m, improved to 7.09m in his second attempt and extended his lead with a 7.11m jump in the third round. After a foul in his fourth attempt, Nishad bounced back with another 7.11m effort before closing with 7.07m.

Uzbekistan’s Omadbek Khasanov took silver with a season-best 6.99m, while Sri Lanka’s Mohammadu Safran claimed bronze with 6.55m.

What a debut in international long jump for Nishad! The high jump star has now added another Asian Para Games gold to India’s tally.

Another medal for India! Ravi Karthik Budigina clinched silver in the men’s 100m freestyle S13 at the Asian Para Games 2026, clocking 56.68 seconds to finish second.

Uzbekistan’s Egor Bolotov took gold in 52.90 seconds, while Kazakhstan’s Viktor Volkov secured bronze in 57.23 seconds. India’s medal tally now stands at six, with two gold, three silver and one bronze.

Another Indian 1-2 finish! Rinku clinched gold in the men’s javelin throw F46 at the Asian Para Games 2026, while compatriot Ajeet Singh secured silver to complete India’s third gold-silver sweep of Day 1.

Rinku recorded a season-best throw of 65.11m to edge past Ajeet, who finished close behind with his own season-best effort of 65.02m. Indonesia’s Rizal Bagus Saktyono took bronze with a personal-best throw of 55.30m.

Another 1-2 finish for India! Soumya Kumar and Radha Venkatesh clinched gold and silver, respectively, in the women’s 1500m T12/T13 event at the Asian Para Games 2026.

Running alongside guide Bharath Kumar, Soumya clocked a personal best of 5:12.39 to take gold with 621 points. Radha, with guide Govind Solanki, secured silver with 421 points after finishing in 5:30.90.

Japan’s Mana Sasaki took bronze with 336 points. Since the T12 and T13 classifications were combined, the final standings were decided by a points-based system that factored in classification and performance.

India wrap up Day 1 with an impressive 11 medals - 4 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze!

Rinku steals the spotlight with a stunning last-throw effort of 65.11m to clinch gold in men's javelin F46, while Nishad Kumar and Soumya Kumar also strike gold in athletics. Mona Agarwal adds another gold in shooting, edging Avani Lekhara by just 0.4 points to complete a memorable one-two finish!

India will look to build on this momentum as more medal events unfold in Nagoya.

• India's Medal Haul: India won four gold, five silver and two bronze medals on Day 1 of the Asian Para Games 2026.

• Gold Medal Winners: Mona Agarwal, Nishad Kumar, Soumya and Rinku clinched gold medals in shooting, athletics and javelin.

• Silver Medal Winners: Avani Lekhara, Ajeet Singh, Radha Venkatesh, Kokila and Ravi Karthik Budigina secured silver medals.

• Bronze Medal Winners: Kapil Parmar and Ravanni Valasanaini claimed bronze medals for India.

• Sheetal Devi's Record-Breaking Feat: Sheetal equalled the world record in women's compound qualification with 704/720, set an Asian record and teamed up with Rakesh Kumar to establish a world record in the mixed team event.

• Assured Medals in Table Tennis: Bhavina Patel, Prachi Pandey and Sonalben Patel reached their respective women's singles semifinals.

• Para Badminton Success: Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan reached the mixed doubles semifinals, assuring India of a medal.

• Other Notable Performances: Nitesh Kumar and Ruthick Ragupathi won their men's singles matches, while Kapil Kumar, Jaspreet Kaur, Swaroop Unhalkar and Ajay Hindurao Bhosale narrowly missed out on podium finishes.