Asian Para Games 2026: Simran Sharma, Manish Narwal in action on October 20th – Schedule, timings

Indian para athletes had a brilliant outing on day 1 of the 2026 Asian Para Games, winning 11 medals, including 4 gold medals in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Monday.

In Para Athletics, Soumya won gold in the women’s 1500m T12/13 with 621 criteria points, and Radha Venkatesh took silver with 421 to complete a double podium.

Rinku Hooda won gold in the men’s javelin throw F46, and Ajeet Singh took silver, while Nishad won gold in the men’s long jump T47 with a leap of 7.11m.

Ravanni Valasanaini won bronze in the women’s 1500m T11. Ravi Karthik Budigina won India’s first swimming medal at these Games with a silver in the men’s 100m freestyle S13.

Kapil Parmar won bronze in the men’s Judo J1 -70kg, and Kokila Kaushiklate won silver in the women’s J2 -52kg, losing the final to Kyrgyzstan’s Aibike Ulanbek Kyzy.

Mona Agarwal won gold in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 with a Games record of 250.0. Avani Lekhara took silver with 249.6, giving India its first 1-2 finish in shooting.

The medal events will continue in Para Athletics, Para Shooting, Para Swimming, Para Table Tennis, Para Judo, and Para Powerlifting on October 20th.

India's schedule at the Asian Para Games on October 20 (Timings in IST)

• Para Archery: 04:45 AM: Para Recurve Men Round of 16: Harvinder Singh Vs B. Li (TPE)
• Para Archery: 04:45 AM: Para Recurve Men Round of 16: Vijay Sundi Vs L. Tseng (TPE)
• Para Archery: 04:45 AM: Para Recurve Women Round of 16: Bhawna Vs M. Sabit (KAZ)
• Para Archery: 04:45 AM: Para Recurve Women Round of 16: Pooja Vs C. Loh (MAS)
• Para Archery: 04:45 AM: Para Compound Men Round of 16: Toman Kumar Vs Arif F. (INA)
• Para Archery: 04:45 AM: Para Compound Men Round of 16: Shyam Sunder Swami Vs Y. Oe (JPN)
• Para Archery: 04:45 AM: Para Compound Women Round of 16: Sheetal Devi Vs Y. Chan (HKG)
• Para Archery: 04:45 AM: Para Compound Women Round of 16: Payal Nag Vs I. Chang (TPE)
• Para Archery: 05:30 AM: Individual Quarterfinal Matches
• Para Badminton: 05:30 AM: Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Quarterfinal: Pramod/Manisha Vs Thailand
• Para Athletics: 05:40 AM: Men's Javelin Throw F53/54 Final
• Para Athletics: 05:45 AM: Men's Long Jump T37/38 Final
• Para Table Tennis: 06:00 AM: Women's Singles Class 4-5 Semi-final: India Vs China
• Para Athletics: 06:02 AM: Men's 100m T13 Round 1
• Para Badminton: 06:10 AM: Mixed Doubles SH6 Group Stage: India Vs Chinese Taipei
• Para Badminton: 06:10 AM: Men's Singles WH2 Round of 16: India Vs China
•  Para Archery: 06:15 AM: Individual Semi-final Matches
• Para Athletics: 06:23 AM: Women's 200m T47 Final
• Para Athletics: 06:30 AM: Men's Shot Put F11 Final
• Para Shooting: 06:30 AM: Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Qualification
• Para Shooting: 06:30 AM: Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Qualification
• Para Table Tennis: 06:45 AM: Women's Singles Class 3 Semi-final: India Vs South Korea
• Para Judo: 06:45 AM: Women's 70Kg J1 Quarter-final: India Vs Japan
• Para Athletics: 06:48 AM: Men's Discus Throw F57 Final
• Para Badminton: 06:50 AM: Women's Singles WH1 Group Stage: India Vs Chinese Taipei
• Para Badminton: 06:50 AM: Women's Singles WH2 Group Stage: India Vs Chinese Taipei
• Para Athletics: 06:53 AM: Men's/Women's 400m T20 Final
• Para Swimming: 07:05 AM: Men's 50m Butterfly S5 Heats
• Para Swimming: 07:09 AM: Men's 100m Breaststroke SB13 Heats
•  Para Badminton: 07:30 AM: Men's Singles SL3 Quarterfinals: Nitesh Kumar Vs Umesh Kumar
• Para Table Tennis: 07:30 AM: Women's Singles Class 6 Semi-final: India Vs Iraq
• Para Table Tennis: 07:30 AM: Women's Singles Class 9 Semi-final: India Vs China
• Para Swimming: 07:38 AM: Men's 100m Freestyle S6 Heats
• Para Badminton: 08:10 AM: Men's Singles SL3 Quarterfinals: Pramod Bhagat Vs D. Fujihara (JPN)
• Para Badminton: 08:10 AM: Men's Singles SL4 Round of 16: Abhijeet Sakhuja Vs P. Chen (CHN)
• Boccia: 08:10 AM: Women's Singles Individual BC3 Group Stage: India Vs Singapore
• Para Athletics: 08:10 AM: Women's 200m T12 Round 1
• Para Table Tennis: 08:15 AM: Women's Singles Class 1 Group Stage: India Vs China
• Para Table Tennis: 08:15 AM: Men's Singles Class 1 Group Stage: India Vs Kazakhstan
• Para Track Cycling: 08:30 AM: Men's 1000m C1-C3 Time Trial Qualifying
• Para Powerlifting: 08:30 AM: Men's 65Kg Final
• Para Shooting: 08:40 AM: Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Final
• Para Archery: 08:45 AM: Para Recurve Mixed Team Quarterfinal: India Vs Thailand
• Para Archery: 08:45 AM: Para Compound Mixed Team Quarterfinal: India
• Para Badminton: 09:30 AM: Men's Singles SL4 Round of 16: Suhas Yathiraj Vs S. Teamarrom (THA)
•  Para Badminton: 10:10 AM: Mixed Doubles WH1-WH2 Quarterfinal: India Vs China
• Para Shooting: 10:30 AM: Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Final
• Para Archery: 10:45 AM: W1 Men's Doubles Quarterfinals: India Vs South Korea
• Para Archery: 10:45 AM: Recurve & Compound Men's Doubles Quarterfinals
• Para Badminton: 10:50 AM: Men's Singles SU5 Round of 16: Hardik Makkar Vs S. Nurgroho (INA)
•  Para Badminton: 11:30 AM: Women's Singles SL3 Quarterfinal: India Vs China
• Para Table Tennis: 11:30 AM: Men's and Women's Singles Finals
• Blind Football: 11:30 AM: Men's Team Group Stage: India Vs Iran
• Para Archery: 11:45 AM: Men's and Women's Doubles Semi-finals
• Para Badminton: 12:10 PM: Women's Singles SL4 Group Stage: India Vs Japan
• Para Track Cycling: 12:26 PM: Men's 1000m C1-C3 Time Trial Final
• Para Judo: 12:30 PM: Women's 70Kg J1 Medal Bouts
• Para Badminton: 12:50 PM: Men's Doubles WH1-WH2 Quarterfinal: India Vs Malaysia
• Para Powerlifting: 01:00 PM: Men's 72Kg Final
• Para Badminton: 01:30 PM: Women's Doubles WH1-WH2 Group Stage: India Vs China
• Para Badminton: 01:30 PM: Men's Singles SH6 Quarterfinals: Krishna Nagar Vs N. Meechai (THA)
• Para Badminton: 01:30 PM: Men's Singles SH6 Quarterfinals: Sivarajan Solaimalai Vs Q. Zeng (CHN)
• Para Swimming: 01:30 PM: Men's 400m Freestyle S13 Final
•  Para Swimming: 01:39 PM: Men's 400m Freestyle S11 Final
•  Para Athletics: 01:35 PM: Women's Javelin Throw F55/56 Final
• Para Athletics: 01:40 PM: Men's Discus Throw F51-53 Final
• Boccia: 02:15 PM: Women's Singles Individual BC3 Group Stage: India Vs China
• Para Powerlifting: 02:30 PM: Women's 61Kg Final
• Para Athletics: 02:38 PM: Men's 100m T13 Final
• Para Swimming: 02:51 PM: Men's 50m Butterfly S5 Final
• Para Athletics: 03:10 PM: Men's 100m T47 Round 1
• Para Swimming: 03:21 PM: Men's 100m Breaststroke SB13 Final
• Para Swimming: 03:32 PM: Men's 200m Individual Medley SM7 Final
• Para Athletics: 03:35 PM: Men's Shot Put F56/57 Final
• Para Athletics: 03:40 PM: Women's 200m T12 Final
• Para Athletics: 03:47 PM: Women's 200m T35 Final
• Para Athletics: 04:05 PM: Men's High Jump T47 Final
• Para Swimming: 04:06 PM: Women's 100m Backstroke S10 Final
• Para Athletics: 04:17 PM: Men's Discus Throw F43-44/62-64 Final
• Para Swimming: 04:51 PM: Men's 100m Freestyle S6 Final