Asian Para Games 2026: Sheetal Devi wins two Golds; Dilip, Shailesh clinch athletics gold– Highlights
Para Table Tennis, Mixed Doubles XD7: Bhavina Patel/Subham Wadhwa confirms medal
The Indian pair defeated Japan's Kimie Bessho and Masanori Uno 11-9, 11-3, 11-6 in straight games in the quarterfinal match to advance to the last four and secure a medal.
They will next face a South Korean pair in the semis at 11:25 AM IST.
Meanwhile, the pair of Dattaprasad Chougule and Savita faced a hard-fought 2-3 defeat in the XD17 quarterfinal to Philippines despite winning the first two games, 11-9, 11-9, 2-11, 6-11, 5-11.
Para Archery, Compound Mixed Team: Sheetal Devi/ Toman Kumar advance to final
The Indian pair defeated Chinese Taipei 142-141 despite having a missed shot in the final end.
India was leading 112-103 after the third end, but then Toman had an unfortunate missed shot in the final end.
However, the duo hit three consecutive shots in the 10-ring and confirmed the win.
They will now face the Indonesian pair in the final.
Badminton, Women's Singles SL3: Sanjana Kumari wins BRONZE
Sanjana Kumari wins BRONZE in Women's Singles SL3. The Indian shuttler lost to Japan's Shino Kawai in straight games, going down 7-21, 9-21.
This is India's fifth bronze medal of the day in badminton.
Para Badminton, Men's Singles SL4: Suhas Yathiraj, Abhijeet Sakhuja settle for BRONZE
Abhijeet Sakhuja and Suhas Yathiraj secured bronze for India in the men's Singles SL4. Suhas Yathiraj lost to Paralympic medalist Fredy Setiawan of Indonesia in three tight games 21-23, 21-8, 15-21 while Abhijeet lost to fellow Indian Naveen Sivakumar 21-13, 21-15 in straight games.
Sivakumar and Setiawan will face eachother in the final.
Para Athletics, Men's 400m T47: Dilip, Bhavik into the final
Dilip Gavit and Bhavik Bharwad move into the final of Men's 400m T47.
While Dilip clocked 50.21s to win Heat 1, Bhavik finished second in Heat 2 with a timing of 49.05s to move through.
The latter was warned for a lane infringement as well.
Para Badminton, Mixed Doubles SH6 Semis: Krishna Nagar-Nithya Sre settle for BRONZE
Krishna Nagar and Nithya Sre lost to Indonesia's Rina Marlina and Subhan in straight games 14-21, 21-18 to settle for a bronze in the Mixed Doubles SH6.
Para Athletics, Women's Discus Throw F54: Suvarna Raj wins GOLD!
The first gold medal of the day for India and it comes via Suvarna Raj in women's discus throw F54!
The Indian registers a best of 15.66m to finish on top of the podium in a six-woman field.
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