Asian Para Games 2026: Avani Lekhara, Seetal Devi in action

The first day of the Asian Para Games 2026 promises to be action-packed for the Indian contingent, with several medal events scheduled in Nagoya on Monday.

Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal, Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag, Nishad Kumar, Rinku Hooda, Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar, Nitesh Kumar and Manasi Joshi are among the prominent names who will headline India's campaign.

Indian athletes will also look to add to the country's medal tally across para swimming, para judo, para cycling and para powerlifting.

Schedule 19 October

Para Archery: 04:30 AM: Para Compound & W1 Women & Recurve Men Ranking Round

Para Badminton: 05:30 AM: Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Murugesan/Kumar Vs China

Para Badminton: 05:35 AM: Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Ruthick/Manasi Vs Philippines

Para Badminton: 06:00 AM: Men's Singles WH1 Group Stage: India Vs Malaysia

Para Badminton: 06:05 AM: Men's Singles SH6 Group Stage: Sudarsan Muthusamy Vs D. Aji (INA)

Para Badminton: 06:05 AM: Men's Singles SH6 Group Stage: Krishna Nagar Vs N. Lin (CHN)

Para Shooting: 06:30 AM: Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification

Para Shooting: 06:30 AM: Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification

Para Badminton: 06:35 AM: Men's Singles SH6 Group Stage: Sivarajan Solaimalai Vs F. Zali (BRU)

Para Table Tennis: 06:35 AM: Women's Singles Class 9 Group Stage: India Vs Kazakhstan

Para Table Tennis: 06:35 AM: Women's Singles Class 3 Group Stage: India Vs Chinese Taipei

Para Badminton: 06:40 AM: Men's Singles SL3 Group Stage: Pramod Bhagat Vs S. Lee (KOR)

Boccia: 07:05 AM: Women's Individual BC3 Group Stage: India Vs South Korea

Boccia: 07:05 AM: Men's Individual BC3 Group Stage: India Vs Japan

Para Badminton: 07:15 AM: Men's Singles SL3 Group Stage: Umesh Kumar Vs Y. Yi (CHN)

Para Badminton: 07:15 AM: Men's Singles SL4 Group Stage: Naveen Sivakumar Vs S. Jeon (KOR)

Para Badminton: 07:15 AM: Men's Singles SL4 Group Stage: Sukant Kadam Vs S. Madduma (SRI)

Para Cycling: 07:19 AM: Men's C1-2 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying

Para Table Tennis: 07:30 AM: Women's Singles Class 1 Group Stage: India Vs South Korea

Para Judo: 07:40 AM: Men's 70Kg J1 Quarterfinal: Kapil Parmar

Para Badminton: 07:50 AM: Men's Singles SU5 Group Stage: Rakesh Pandey Vs J. Fang (TPE)

Para Badminton: 07:50 AM: Men's Singles SL4 Group Stage: Abhijeet Sakhuja Vs P. Adhikari (NEP)

Para Judo: 07:55 AM: Women's 52Kg J2 Semifinal: Kokila Kaushiklate

Para Badminton: 08:25 AM: Men's Singles SL4 Group Stage: Suryakant Yadav Vs P. Chen (CHN)

Para Badminton: 08:25 AM: Men's Singles SL4 Group Stage: Suhas Yathiraj Vs F. Setiawan (INA)

Para Badminton: 08:25 AM: Men's Singles SL3 Group Stage: Nitesh Kumar Vs D. Joo (KOR)

Para Shooting: 08:40 AM: Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Final

Para Table Tennis: 08:50 AM: Women's Singles Class 8 Group Stage: India Vs Japan

Para Table Tennis: 08:50 AM: Men's Singles Class 1 Group Stage: India Vs South Korea

Para Table Tennis: 08:50 AM: Men's Singles Class 1 Group Stage: India Vs Saudi Arabia

Para Table Tennis: 08:50 AM: Women's Singles Class 6 Group Stage: India Vs Thailand

Para Badminton: 09:00 AM: Men's Singles SU5 Group Stage: Ruthick Ragupathi Vs P. Somsiri (THA)

Blind Football: 09:00 AM: Men's Team Group Stage: India Vs Thailand

Para Archery: 09:15 AM: Para Compound & W1 Men & Recurve Women Ranking Round

Para Badminton: 09:35 AM: Women's Singles SH6 Group Stage: India Vs Indonesia

Para Badminton: 09:35 AM: Men's Doubles WH1-WH2 Group Stage: India Vs Japan

Para Badminton: 10:10 AM: Women's Singles SU5 Group Stage: T. Murugesan Vs L. Wong (HKG)

Para Badminton: 10:10 AM: Women's Singles SU5 Group Stage: S. Vishwanathan Vs W. Rahayu (INA)

Para Badminton: 10:10 AM: Women's Singles SU5 Group Stage: Manisha Ramadass Vs Q. Yang (CHN)

Para Badminton: 10:10 AM: Women's Singles SL3 Group Stage: Mandeep Kaur Vs Z. Xiao (CHN)

Para Shooting: 10:35 AM: Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Final

Para Badminton: 10:45 AM: Men's Singles SU5 Group Stage: Hardik Makkar Vs W. Tay (SGP)

Para Badminton: 10:45 AM: Men's Singles WH2 Group Stage: Haris Mythili Vs M. Alameer (IRQ)

Para Badminton: 11:20 AM: Women's Singles SL3 Group Stage: Neeraj Vs S. Lawani (MAS)

Para Badminton: 11:20 AM: Women's Singles WH2 Group Stage: India Vs Thailand

Para Badminton: 11:20 AM: Mixed Doubles WH1-WH2 Group Stage: Abu/Pallavi Vs China

Para Badminton: 11:20 AM: Men's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Pramod/Sukant Vs Indonesia

Para Badminton: 11:20 AM: Men's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Suryakant/Naveen Vs Bangladesh

Para Table Tennis: 11:30 AM: Men's Singles Class 3 Quarterfinals: India Vs China

Para Athletics: 11:35 AM: Women's Javelin F55/56 Qualification

Para Badminton: 11:55 AM: Men's Doubles SH6 Group Stage: India Vs Indonesia

Boccia: 12:05 PM: Men's Individual BC3 Group Stage: India Vs South Korea

Para Table Tennis: 12:10 PM: Women's Singles Quarterfinals

Para Badminton: 12:30 PM: Men's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Nitesh/Ruthick Vs South Korea

Para Judo: 12:30 PM: Men's 70Kg J1 & Women's 52Kg J2 Medal Bouts

Para Cycling: 12:36 PM: Men's C1-2 3000m Individual Pursuit Finals

Para Powerlifting: 01:00 PM: Women's 45kg Final

Para Badminton: 01:05 PM: Women's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Murugesan/Joshi Vs China

Para Badminton: 01:05 PM: Women's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Mandeep/Shanthiya Vs Hong Kong

Para Swimming: 01:30 PM: Men's 400m Freestyle S7 Final

Para Athletics: 01:40 PM: Men's Long Jump T47 Final

Para Badminton: 01:40 PM: Women's Doubles WH1-WH2 Group Stage: India Vs Thailand

Para Athletics: 02:10 PM: Women's 400m T20 Round 1

Para Powerlifting: 02:30 PM: Men's 59Kg Final

Para Swimming: 02:46 PM: Men's 100m Backstroke S11 Final

Para Swimming: 02:56 PM: Men's 100m Freestyle S13 Final

Para Swimming: 03:29 PM: Women's 50m Freestyle S10 Final

Para Athletics: 03:35 PM: Men's Javelin F46 Final

Para Athletics: 03:55 PM: Women's 1500m T13 Final

Para Athletics: 04:30 PM: Men's 200m T64 Final

Para Athletics: 04:37 PM: Women's 200m T47 Round 1

Para Swimming: 04:45 PM: Men's 100m Freestyle S10 Final