Para Asian Games 2026 : India enjoyed its best day at Asian para games 2026 on Thursday winning 26 medals including seven golds as a remarkable medal rush across athletics archery swimming table tennis badminton took country’s overall tally to 88. Armless archer sheetal devi led the charge with two gold medals in less than two hours while the track and field contingent remained india’s biggest contributor Suvarva Raj, Shailesh kumar, Anjaben bumbadiya, Dilip mahadu gavit and solairaj dharmaraj were among the other gold medallist on the memorable day for the indian contingent. India’s tally now stands at 21 gold 26 silver and 41 bronze medals the seven golds the country reclaim fourth place in the standings after it slipped to sixth on Day 2 and fifth on Day 3
Sheetal devi strikes twice Swati Chaudhary makes history
Sheetal the 19 years old just reigning world champion and world number 1 began her golden run by teaming up with Toman kumar to defend India’s mixed team title. The indian duo best Indonesia teodora audi ayudia ferelly and ken swagumilang 151-148. Less than two hours later sheetal return to the range for the women’s individual final after overcoming a four point deficit she defeated singapore’s Alim nur syahidah 142-139 to defeat her triumph from the Hangzhou 2023 Asian para games. India also celebrated historic achievement in archery as Swati Chaudhary won the country’s or nation’s first ever Asian para games medal in the W1 Category. She settled for silver after losing 4-6 to China’s Cen Mengkan in the women’s individual final
Para Asian Games 2026 : Athletics powers India’s seven gold haul
The day began with suvarna Raj winning gold in the women’s F54 Discus throw with the best effort of 15.66m. The 44 year old wheelchair athlete recorded four throws beyond 15 metres to secure the biggest win of her career. India then enjoyed a podium sweep in the men’s high jump T63 Event. Shailesh Kumar who had won bronze in long jump on Wednesday 20 October 2026 led the way a games record effort of 1.89m. Former Paralympic bronze medallist Varun bhati took silver with a season’s best 1.84 while Rahul completed the all indian podium with a jump of 1.81m. Anjanaben bumbadiya won the women’s 400m T47 Gold in 59.97 seconds with compatriot jayanti behera taking silver in 1:00.65. Dilip Mahadu gavit who had won the men’s 100 metre T47 Final in 48.27 second. Solairaj dharmaraj provided a fitting finish to the day’s athletics action successfully defending his long jump T44/T62/T64 Title with an Asian record effort of 7.15m. Malaysia’s Eddy Bernard won silver with 6.34m while japan’s Yuma tamaki took bronze with a personal best 6.89m. Tajalben Damor also added to India’s medal count winning silver in the women’s 400m T12 In 57.60 seconds the visually impaired athlete had earlier claimed bronze in the 200m T12 Event.
Four more swimming medals Ravi budigina completes hat trick
Para Asian Games 2026 : India added four medals in the pool while taking its overall swimming haul to 10 although a gold remained elusive. Age Eighteen years old just ravi Budigina secured bronze in the men’s 50m freestyle S13 with a time of 25.89 seconds it was his third medal of the games following silver medal finishes the 100m backstroke and freestyle event. Kapil kumar won silver in the men’s 400m freestyle S10 in 4:38.44. Swastik Patil claimed bronze in the 100m breaststroke SB9 1:13.77 while tejas nandakumar took bronze in the men’s 100m backstroke S7 with a time of 1:18.58
Indian shuttlers assured of multiple badminton medals
Para Asian Games 2026 : India’s para shuttlers also enjoyed a productive or good positive day with Pramod Bhagat and Nitesh Kumar setting up an all indian men’s singles SL3 Final. Six time world champion and Tokyo paralymic gold medallist Bhagat survived a marathon Two hour and nine minute semifinal against south korea’s Lee seunghu winning 16 21 21 18 21 17 paris Paralympic champion nitesh had earlier defeated Indonesia’s M Imran 21 19 21 16 to reach the final he also advanced to the mixed doubles SL3 SU5 Final with thulasimathi murugesan after the indian pair beat China’s Li mingpin and xiao zuxian 21 19 14 21 21 17 Naveen sivakumar reached the men’s singles SL4 While indian shuttlers collected five bronze medals across other events.
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Bhavina patel Subham wadhwa win table tennis bronze
Para Asian Games 2026 : India’s medal rush extended to para table tennis where bhavina patel and subham wadhwa secured bronze in mixed doubles XD7. The Indian pair lost 6 11 11 8 5 11 8 11 to south Korea’s jang yeongjin and lee migyu in the semifinals after beating Japan’s Kimmie bessho and masanori uno 11 9 11 3 11 6 in the quarterfinals. China continued to denominate overall standings crossing 300 medals to reach 313 including 149 golds hosts Japan were second with 136 medals including 40 gold while Uzbekistan occupied third place with 117 medals including 37 gold. India’s seven gold day lifted the contingent back to fourth place with 88 medals overall and momentum building across multiple disciplaines.
