Asian Para Games: India ends with best-ever tally of 114 medals; Sumit Antil wins gold - Highlights

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Update: 2026-10-23 00:03 GMT

Asian Para Games: Indian para atheltes added a whoopping 26-medals to the tall on Friday and will return again on Day 6 to add more to India's tally of 88 medals. The day begins with some badminton action, the women's singles SU5 will have Thulasimathi in action while men's singles SL3 will have two Indians — Pramod Bhagat and Nitesh Kumar — compete for supremacy. 

There is plenty to look froward to in Archery, Athletics, Table Tennis, Shooting and Swimming. Sumit Antil will be looking to defend his gold from Hangzhou edition in men's Javelin.

 Highlights:

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2026-10-23 12:20 GMT

30 Gold, 35 Silver, 49 Bronze


2026-10-23 12:14 GMT

Pranav sets a new Games record of 32.87m and clinches the title, while Dharmabir wins a bronze medal with 27.71m.

With this, India concludes its best-ever Asian Para Games with 114 medals: 30 Gold, 35 Silver, 49 Bronze

Para athletics had the biggest share with 65 medals from its 62-member contingent: 22 Gold, 19 Silver, 24 Bronze.


 

2026-10-23 11:58 GMT

Sumit wins the title with a 72.46m throw in the final to earn 1112 Raza points, followed by Mahendra Gurjar (59,03m) to win 1066 Raza points in F42 category.

Sandip Sargar (F44) completes the podium with 1106 Raza points on his 64.48m throw to win the bronze.


 


2026-10-23 11:44 GMT

Sandeep clocks 11.67s to finish third behind Sri Lanka's Indika Gamage (11.58s) and Saudi's Naif Almasrhi (11.15s) to win a bronze medal.

Sandeep had earlier won the 400m gold medal in the morning session.


 

2026-10-23 10:34 GMT

He clocks 23.64s to win his second bronze medal of the competition, followed by the 100m bronze.

Saudi's Ali Alnakhli wins gold with a new Games record of 23.32s, followed by Indonesia's Saptoyogo Purnono (23.45s)


 

2026-10-23 10:29 GMT

The Paralympic champion Navdeep didn't have the best of his days, but he managed to win a gold medal with a throw of 42.55.

Sadegh Beit of Iran won the gold medal with a 45.78 m throw, followed by Indonesia's Ansyari (43.55m).


 

2026-10-23 09:31 GMT

Himanshu wins his third medal of the Games, winning a bronze in the 100m Freestyle with a time of 1:05.90s.

Japan’s Uchu Tomita won gold with a new Games Record of 58.22s

He had earlier won two medals in his category, both bronze in the 400m freestyle and 100m backstroke.


 

2026-10-23 09:11 GMT

The duo took a comfortable straight game, 21-16, 21-13, to win over China's Yang Qiuxia and Xiao Zuxian and confirm India's third badminton gold.

With this, they have also improved on their silver medal from the last edition in Hangzhou 2022.

This was India's last match in Para Badminton, and the contingent finished strongly with 16 medals - 3 Gold, 5 Silver and 8 Bronze.


 

2026-10-23 07:20 GMT

Thulasimathi Murugesan and Nitesh Kumar finished on the podium for the second time on the day, winning a silver in the Mixed Doubles.

The Indian duo started strong, taking the first game 21-11 in the final against Indonesia’s world No. 1 pair, Leani Ratri Oktila and Hikmat Ramdani

But the Indonesian showed their class and fought back to win the next two games, 21-19, 21-14 and clinch the gold after a 51-minute contest.


2026-10-23 05:10 GMT

The duo of Harvinder and Bhawna lost 4-5 to Iran in the shoot-off, missing out on a medal.

The Indian pair was leading 4-2 but then had a poor final end of 31 in comparison to Iran's 34, and the match went into a shoot-off.

Both pairs shot 18 in the shoot-off, but the Iran pair won the medal because they had one shot in the 10-ring.

With this, India's campaign in Para Archery comes to an end with 6 medals, including two in recurve archery, with gold in men's doubles and silver in women's doubles.


 

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