Asian Para Games 2026: Simran, Nishad, Devender and Pranav win Gold medals in Para Athletics– Highlights

Para Athletics, Women's 400m T20: Deepthi Jeevanji wins GOLD with Games Record

Deepthi Jeevanji, the 2024 Paris Paralympics bronze medallist decimates the field with a Games Record 56.36s run in women's 400m T20.

Such was Deepthi's domination that the silver medallist from Japan finished over two seconds behind at 58.92s!

Para Judo, Women's -70kg J1: Renuka Naraynan loses in quarter-finals

India's Renuka Narayanan goes down to Japan's Atsumi Nishimura via Ippon in the women's -70kg J1 judo quarter-finals.

Renuka will now have to wait for Nishimura's semi-final result in order to know whether she has a shot at the bronze medal via repechage.

Para Athletics, Men's Long Jump T37/T38: Rakesh Bhatt registers no mark

An unfortunate end to Rakeshbhai Bhatt's campaign in men's long jump T37/T38.

He fails to register a valid jump with his first two attempts before skipping all his next four attempts. He ends with a NM or no mark against his name.

Para Athletics, Women's 200m T47: Jayanti-Anjana finish outside podium

India's Jayanti Behera and Anjanaben Bumbadiya finish sixth and seventh respectively in women's 200m T47 final at the 2026 Asian Para Games.

While Behera clocked 26.81s, Bumbadiya registered a timing of 26.82s.

Para Badminton, Mixed Doubles SH6: Krishna-Ntihya win!

India's Krishna Nagar and Nithya Sre Sivan win their mixed doubles SH6 Group A match against Chinese Taipei 21-15, 21-10 in straight games!

#News | Bhavina Patel, the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics medallist, brings home a bronze medal in women's singles class 4-5 table tennis.🥉🔥 Bhavina, who was first named as India's flag bearer for the event, ends her singles campaign following a 7-11, 5-11, 7-11 loss at the hands of China's Zhang Bian in the semi-finals. That is enough for her to secure a bronze medal!💪 #AsianParaGames2026 #tabletennis

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Para Archery: Harvinder Singh, Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag all reach quarters

A good start in para archery individual elimination rounds as majority of the Indians in contention make quarter-finals.

In men's recurve Harvinder Singh advanced, while Bhawna made it through in women's recurve.

The only disappointment was Paralympic medallist Pooja taken down 2-6 by Malaysia in the 1/8 round, and Vijay Sundi went down in a shoot-off to Chinese Taipei.

Elsewhere, all four Indian compound archers including Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag, Toman Kumar, and Shyam Sunder Swami reached quarter-finals!

Para Table Tennis, Women's Singles Class 4-5: Bhavina Patel wins BRONZE!

Bhavina Patel, the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics medallist, brings home a bronze medal in women's singles class 4-5 table tennis.

Bhavina, who was first named as India's flag bearer for the event, ends her singles campaign following a 7-11, 5-11, 7-11 loss at the hands of China's Zhang Bian in the semi-finals.

That is enough for her to secure a bronze medal!

Para Badminton, Mixed SL3-SU5: Pramod-Manisha assured of a medal!

The Indian mixed SL3-SU5 badminton pair of Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramdass are through to the semi-finals.

Pramod and Manisha beat the pair from Thailand 21-15, 21-14 in straight games in a mere 25 minutes in the quarter-finals.

The duo joins fellow Indians Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimati Murugesan in the SL3-SU5 semi-finals!

Para Athletics, Men's 100m T13: Sujith into the final

India's Sujith Mandalakunnath advances to the final of men's 100m T13.

He clocks 11.75s to finish fifth in Heat 2 and advances as one of the two-fastest non-automatic qualifiers.