Asian Para Games Live: Archers, shooters begin their campaign - Blog, Scores, Updates
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Asian Para Games 2026 LIVE: Indian contingent officially begin their campaign in 11 different discplines including medal events in para shooting, para athletics, para swimming, para judo, para cycling and para powerlifting at the 2026 Asian Para Games on Monday.
In athletics, Paralympic medalists Nishad Kumar and Ajeet Singh Yadav, World champion Rinku Hooda will be looking to collect medals on the opening day.
Para table tennis and para badminton, for which action began two days before the opening ceremony, will continue to have their group stage matches.
Para archers including Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag, Harvinder Singh and Rakesh Kumar will be in action in the qualification rounds.
Paralympic medalist Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal have been in fine form ahead of the games ans will be vying for top honours in Women's R2 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event.
Para Badminton and para table tennis action kicked off two days before the official opening ceremony but will still have group stage matches. Indian para athletes will also be in action in boccia, blind football.
LIVE:
Both Indian pair of Nitesh Kumar-Tulasimathi Murugesan and Manasi Joshi-Ruthick Ragupathi started off well.
Nitesh-Tulasimathi won their seocnd straight mgroup match against Chinese pair Pengfei Chen-Zixuan Huang 21-4, 21-18 in 23 minutes. They remain undefeated so far in group B.
Meanwhile, Manasi Joshi and Ruthick Ragupathi overturned their two losses and to finally register their first win in three outings. They beat Kathleen Pedrosa-Khian Kyle Urbano 21-5, 21-15.
All pairs will play three group matches and six will advance to the quarterfinals.
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A total of 168 Indian athletes, including Paralympic champions like Avani Lekhara, Sumit Antil and others will be in action over the course of the next week.
India had won a total of 111 medals at the delayed 2022 Hangzhou Asian Para Games three years ago. Can they surpass the tally this time around?
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