Asian Para Games
Asian Para Games 2026: Simran Sharma, Dilip Gavit clinch gold medals – Highlights
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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:
Live Updates
- 21 Oct 2026 5:04 PM IST
Para Athletics, Men's Discus Throw F37: Haney wins bronze medal
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.

- 21 Oct 2026 4:47 PM IST
Para Athletics, Men's 1500m T12/T13 Final: Sharath Makanahalli wins bronze
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.

- 21 Oct 2026 4:41 PM IST
Para Athletics, Men's Long Jump T42/61/63: Shailesh Kumar wins bronze
Shailesh leapt 5.57m to gain 675 Raza points and earn a bronze medal behind Thai and Japanese jumpers.

- 21 Oct 2026 4:29 PM IST
Para Swimming, Men's Breaststroke SB4 Final: Rohit Kumar wins bronze medal
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.

- 21 Oct 2026 4:02 PM IST
Vaishnavi Jagtap finishes seventh in women's 50m freestyle S8!
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).
- 21 Oct 2026 4:00 PM IST
Para Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke S13 Final: Ravi Budigina wins silver medal
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.

- 21 Oct 2026 3:53 PM IST
Para Athletics, Men's 400m T35/38: Akira Banothu wins a silver medal
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.

- 21 Oct 2026 3:45 PM IST
Suyash Narayan Jadhav finishes fifth in men's 50m butterfly S7
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).
- 21 Oct 2026 3:38 PM IST
Devanshi Satija finishes sixth in women's 100m butterfly S10
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).
