Asian Para Games 2026: Simran Sharma, Dilip Gavit clinch gold medals – Highlights

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Update: 2026-10-20 23:46 GMT

The 2026 Asian Para Games action continued to roll in thick and fast from Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.

India has already climbed to 35 medals in just two days with nine gold medals and was placed sixth in the medal tally.

There were multiple medals on offer for India in sports like para archery, para athletics, para judo, para powerlifting, para swimming, boccia, and more on Wednesday

As it happened:

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2026-10-21 11:34 GMT

Haney saves his best for the last, snatching the bronze medal on his final attempt of 57.04m to set a new personal best.

This takes India's athletics medal tally to 42 medals in Japan with 13 gold, 13 silver and 16 bronze.


 

2026-10-21 11:17 GMT

Sharath clocks 4:11.01s in the final to win a bronze medal, behind Uzbek and Jordanian athletes.

This is India's 11th para athletics medal in the evening session today.


 

2026-10-21 11:11 GMT

Shailesh leapt 5.57m to gain 675 Raza points and earn a bronze medal behind Thai and Japanese jumpers.


 

2026-10-21 10:59 GMT

Rohit clocks 1:57.25s to finish third in the final behind Kazakh and Malaysian swimmers.

This is his first medal in Japan and India's third swimming medal of the day.


 

2026-10-21 10:32 GMT

India's Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap clocked 40.13 seconds to finish seventh in the women's 50m freestyle S8 final at the Asian Para Games. China's Hui Zhu won gold in 31.40 seconds, followed by Japan's Mai Mizukami (35.49) and Malaysia's Carmen Lim (35.51).

2026-10-21 10:30 GMT

Ravi Budigina clocks 1:10.10s to win the silver medal.

This was his second silver medal in Aichi-Nagoya, after the 100 m freestyle S13 medal on Monday.


 

2026-10-21 10:23 GMT

Akira clocks 51.25s to earn 948 Raza points and earn a silver medal in the combined T35/T38 category, behind Mohammed Khalaf of Iraq, who had 1074 Raza points.


 

2026-10-21 10:15 GMT

India's Suyash Narayan Jadhav clocked 32.81 seconds to finish fifth in the men's 50m butterfly S7 final at the Asian Para Games. China’s Zhang Yilong won gold in 30.71 seconds, followed by compatriot Ruan Jingsong (31.50) and Singapore's Toh Wei Soong (31.53).

2026-10-21 10:08 GMT

India's Devanshi Satija clocked 1:34.00 to finish sixth in the women's 100m butterfly S10 final at the Asian Para Games. China's Meng Zhang won gold in 1:13.30, ahead of Japan's Tae Kawabe (1:16.52) and Thailand's Monruedee Kangpila (1:16.65).

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