Asian Para Games
Asian Para Games 2026: Simran, Nishad, Devender and Pranav win Gold medals in Para Athletics– Highlights
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Manish Narwal (left) wins a silver medal at Asian Para Games. (Photo Credits: PCI)
The Indian athletes at the 2026 Asian Para Games added 24 more medals to their kitty, having already won 11 medals on the opening day.
Leading India's charge on Tuesday were Paralympic medallists Sheetal Devi, Simran Singh, and Manish Narwal in archery, athletics, and shooting, respectively.
There were plenty of matches lined up across the board in sports like table tennis, badminton, judo, swimming, and more.
As it happened:
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- 20 Oct 2026 2:51 PM IST
Para Athletics, Men's 100m T13: Sujith Mandalamkumnath finishes in 7th place
Sujith finished way behind her personal best of 11.35 and finished 7th in the final, clocking 11.64s.
- 20 Oct 2026 2:30 PM IST
Para Badminton, Men's Singles SH6: Tokyo Paralympic Champion Krishna Nagar bows out in quarters
Krishna loses in three games to Thailand's Natthapong Meechai in the quarters, 15-21, 21-19, 17-21, ending his singles campaign.
The Tokyo Paralympic champion had won medals in the last two editions of the Para Asiad, with a bronze in 2018 and a silver in 2022.
This also meant India will not have any medal in this category, as earlier Sivarajan Solaimalai had lost his quarterfinal match to a Chinese shuttler.
- 20 Oct 2026 2:10 PM IST
Para Badminton, Women's Doubles WH1-WH2: Alphia James/Pallavi K confirms first-ever medal
The duo defeated the Chinese pair of Li Hongyan and Li Jiaqi in their final group match to reach the semi-finals of WH1-WH2 Women's Doubles.
Final Score: 21-18, 10-21, 21-19
- 20 Oct 2026 1:56 PM IST
Para Powerlifting, Men's 72Kg Final: Jhandu Kumar finishes 5th
Jhandu had just one valid lift of 190kg as he failed the next two attempts at 195kg and finished outside the top 4.
- 20 Oct 2026 1:48 PM IST
Para Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle S11: Himanshu Nandal wins BRONZE!
Himanshu Nandal wins India's second swimming medal at the 2026 Asian Para Games.
Nandal clocks 5:10.91 to finish third in men's 400m freestyle S11, an event for visually impaired athletes!
- 20 Oct 2026 1:40 PM IST
Para Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle S13: Ravi Budigina finishes sixth
A tough race for Ravi Budigina, who had won a bronze in men's 100m freestyle S13 yesterday.
He finishes sixth, clocking 5:41.70 in men's 400m freestyle S13.
- 20 Oct 2026 12:28 PM IST
Para Archery: Three Indian doubles pairs advance to finals; India confirms 5 medals on the day
India's recurve men's doubles, women's doubles and compound women's doubles have secured their places in the finals.
The recurve men's pair of Harvinder and Vijay beat South Korea 5-4 in the semis, while the women's pair of Bhawna and Pooja defeated Iran 6-2.
The compound women's doubles pair of Sheetal and Payal beat Thailand 151-135 to reach the final.
Meanwhile, the men's compound doubles pair of Toman Kumar and Shyam Sundar Swami lost to Indonesia in the semis and will fight for bronze against China.
- 20 Oct 2026 11:48 AM IST
Para Archery, W1 Men's Doubles: Vinayak-Adil loses out in the quarterfinals
India fails to defend its medal in the men's doubles W1 category as the duo of Adil Ansari and Vinayak Breed lost out in the quarterfinal.
They lost in a very close quarterfinal to South Korea in a shootoff, where the Indian pair scored 17 in comparison to their 18.
- 20 Oct 2026 11:17 AM IST
Para Table Tennis, Men's Singles Class 1: Jehan Madan wins a bronze medal
Jehan Madan finishes 4th in a round-robin pool stage format with one win and three losses to grab one of the two bronze medals in the event.
This is India's first and only medal in the men's singles table tennis competition.
